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Tiger Sawgill

Lentinus tigrinus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 151, February 111, March 174, April 274, May 396, June 431, July 462, August 397, September 292, October 218, November 119, December 93.
United States4,268
Alaska3,118
Canada239
Ontario219
France172
Russia170
Illinois150
Germany145
Michigan133
Hungary123

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
GenusWoodcaps and Sawgills · Lentinus

Sources

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