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Ochre Bracket

Trametes ochracea

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 Finland.January 23, February 17, March 87, April 119, May 88, June 19, July 13, August 12, September 28, October 69, November 71, December 34.
United States23,050
Canada829
Finland580
Russia417
Uusimaa238
Prince Edward Island222
Ontario200
Quebec179
Germany162
Alaska144

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
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyBracket Fungi · Polyporaceae
GenusTurkey-tails and allies · Trametes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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