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brown-toothed crust fungus

Hydnoporia olivacea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 38, February 34, March 37, April 64, May 110, June 54, July 40, August 37, September 43, October 40, November 27, December 25.
United States3,592
New York530
Canada523
Ontario444
Massachusetts416
New Jersey275
Pennsylvania263
Virginia231
Michigan228
Maryland197

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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
OrderHymenochaetales
FamilyHymenochaetaceae
GenusHydnoporia

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