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Brownflesh Bracket

Coriolopsis gallica

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 17, February 12, March 19, April 30, May 44, June 48, July 51, August 44, September 32, October 24, November 13, December 10.
United States612
Alaska344
Canada104
Hungary61
Austria46
Germany43
Csongrád-Csanád43
California39
Switzerland38
Spain36

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
  • Shelf fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are commonly shelf or bracket fungi.Inferred from its group
  • 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

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyBracket Fungi · Polyporaceae
GenusCoriolopsis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Brownflesh Bracket with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.