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Bay Polypore

Picipes badius

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 79, February 58, March 91, April 144, May 207, June 226, July 242, August 208, September 152, October 114, November 62, December 49.
United States6,430
Alaska1,631
Canada1,594
Ontario1,206
Pennsylvania922
New York553
Michigan468
West Virginia448
Ohio311
Russia306

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
GenusPicipes

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Remember the name next time.

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