Fungi › Hymenochaetaceae

Purplepore Bracket

Trichaptum abietinum

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 British Columbia.January 17, February 17, March 17, April 20, May 32, June 27, July 22, August 19, September 17, October 14, November 12, December 11.
United States40,493
British Columbia1,491
Canada1,067
Oregon796
Massachusetts747
California472
Nova Scotia420
Finland313
Ontario287
New York236

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
GenusTrichaptum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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