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fragrant bracket

Trametes suaveolens

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 71, February 52, March 82, April 129, May 186, June 203, July 217, August 187, September 137, October 102, November 56, December 44.
United States1,843
Alaska1,466
Canada234
Russia223
New York143
Ontario94
Quebec48
Vermont45
Austria40
Alberta33

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
GenusTurkey-tails and allies · Trametes

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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