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Woolly Velvet Polypore

Onnia tomentosa

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(c) alanseamans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 112, February 83, March 130, April 204, May 295, June 321, July 344, August 296, September 217, October 162, November 89, December 69.
United States2,645
Alaska2,323
Canada268
Russia80
Ontario76
Quebec66
New York44
British Columbia38
Alberta30
Colorado23

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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
OrderHymenochaetales
FamilyHymenochaetaceae
GenusOnnia

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