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Fungi

Cinnabar Bracket

Trametes sanguinea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Brazil.January 78, February 48, March 55, April 137, May 75, June 132, July 170, August 150, September 140, October 181, November 114, December 92.
Brazil1,372
Mexico1,102
Argentina1,099
South Africa721
Hawaii687
Western Cape524
Colombia393
Costa Rica318
Buenos Aires311
Sao Paulo273

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

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