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Oak Curtain Crust Fungus

Hymenochaete rubiginosa

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 708, February 523, March 819, April 1,288, May 1,858, June 2,026, July 2,168, August 1,864, September 1,369, October 1,022, November 558, December 436.
United States15,660
Alaska14,637
Russia279
Germany276
United Kingdom172
New York153
England153
France151
Canada150
Ontario128

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
OrderHymenochaetales
FamilyHymenochaetaceae
GenusHymenochaete

Sources

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