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spreading yellow tooth

Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 4, February 4, March 5, April 9, May 15, June 7, July 7, August 5, September 6, October 5, November 4, December 3.
United States512
New York72
New Jersey66
Pennsylvania61
Canada50
Ontario50
Maryland44
Virginia42
West Virginia28
Japan25

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Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
FamilyMeruliaceae
GenusHydnophlebia

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