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Tree Bacon

Punctularia strigosozonata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 7, February 7, March 11, April 21, May 40, June 19, July 14, August 13, September 14, October 11, November 7, December 6.
United States540
Canada282
Ontario169
New York114
Russia77
Japan76
Quebec69
Michigan55
New Jersey52
Kanagawa46

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Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderCorticiales
FamilyCorticiaceae
GenusPunctularia

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