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tuberous polypore

Polyporus tuberaster

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 237, February 175, March 274, April 431, May 621, June 677, July 725, August 623, September 458, October 342, November 187, December 146.
United States4,970
Alaska4,895
Russia357
Germany247
United Kingdom205
England174
Spain147
Galicia100
Moscow Oblast88
Moscow80

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
GenusPolyporus

Sources

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