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yellow stemmed micropore

Microporus xanthopus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 84, February 55, March 143, April 199, May 192, June 175, July 217, August 176, September 130, October 114, November 92, December 52.
Australia1,629
Queensland1,292
Thailand394
Malaysia266
New South Wales205
India172
Northern Territory126
Chiang Mai Province114
China102
Taiwan Province82

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Traits

Group and habits

  • 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

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyBracket Fungi · Polyporaceae
GenusMicroporus

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