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Aspen Bracket

Phellinus tremulae

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,017, February 751, March 1,177, April 1,852, May 2,671, June 2,912, July 3,116, August 2,680, September 1,968, October 1,469, November 803, December 627.
United States22,291
Alaska21,043
Canada2,572
Ontario755
Alberta732
Finland693
Minnesota679
Russia493
Manitoba344
Quebec312

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
GenusPhellinus

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