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Cushion Bracket

Phellinus pomaceus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 252, February 186, March 291, April 458, May 660, June 720, July 770, August 663, September 486, October 363, November 198, December 155.
United States5,247
Alaska5,203
United Kingdom306
England294
Ukraine274
Germany151
Hungary120
Spain118
France101
Kharkiv Oblast88

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

Sources

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