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willow glue

Hydnoporia tabacina

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 637, February 471, March 738, April 1,161, May 1,673, June 1,825, July 1,953, August 1,679, September 1,233, October 920, November 503, December 393.
United States13,421
Alaska13,185
Canada223
Russia188
Finland156
Ontario86
Uusimaa78
Washington70
Quebec53
New York51

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
GenusHydnoporia

Sources

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