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Blackfoot Polypore

Cerioporus leptocephalus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 13, February 15, March 19, April 30, May 46, June 92, July 52, August 16, September 19, October 17, November 13, December 12.
United States1,538
Pennsylvania241
Canada195
New York188
Ontario144
West Virginia139
Ohio136
New Jersey93
Virginia88
California87

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

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
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyBracket Fungi · Polyporaceae
GenusCerioporus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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