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Lumpy Bracket

Trametes gibbosa

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,647, February 1,217, March 1,906, April 2,999, May 4,324, June 4,715, July 5,045, August 4,339, September 3,186, October 2,378, November 1,299, December 1,016.
United States46,869
Alaska34,071
Canada3,127
Pennsylvania2,699
Ontario2,427
New York1,824
Maryland1,824
Virginia1,388
Ohio1,190
Germany1,107

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