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oak bracket

Pseudoinonotus dryadeus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 136, February 100, March 157, April 247, May 357, June 389, July 416, August 358, September 263, October 196, November 107, December 84.
United States9,256
Alaska2,810
North Carolina1,297
Georgia1,053
Pennsylvania850
Tennessee523
Missouri457
New York445
Alabama415
Virginia358

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
GenusPseudoinonotus

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