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Pine Bracket

Porodaedalea pini

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Finland.January 27, February 25, March 43, April 77, May 44, June 49, July 30, August 40, September 27, October 33, November 28, December 19.
United States54,113
Finland442
California303
Russia298
Sweden258
Finland Proper209
Canada207
Lithuania157
Alaska141
Stockholms län138

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
GenusPorodaedalea

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