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Northern Tooth

Climacodon septentrionalis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 95, February 70, March 110, April 173, May 250, June 272, July 291, August 250, September 184, October 137, November 75, December 59.
United States5,924
Canada2,492
Alaska1,966
Ontario1,718
New York930
Michigan605
Quebec555
Minnesota422
Vermont420
Wisconsin296

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group

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Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyMeruliaceae
GenusClimacodon

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