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Mustard Yellow Polypore

Fuscoporia gilva

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 67, February 73, March 67, April 99, May 80, June 48, July 41, August 45, September 66, October 67, November 92, December 72.
United States6,527
Georgia1,129
Pennsylvania901
Illinois877
California808
Alabama693
Maryland693
Tennessee601
Michigan589
Indiana521

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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
GenusFuscoporia

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