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birch bristle bracket

Phellinus lundellii

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 244, February 181, March 283, April 445, May 642, June 700, July 749, August 644, September 473, October 353, November 193, December 151.
United States5,086
Alaska5,055
Canada64
Quebec26
Finland22
Ontario17
New York10
Nova Scotia7
New Brunswick6
Maine5

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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