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Black-staining Polypore

Meripilus sumstinei

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 48, February 58, March 72, April 115, May 176, June 87, July 495, August 243, September 75, October 66, November 48, December 47.
United States10,253
Pennsylvania1,613
Virginia1,414
Maryland1,247
New York1,036
North Carolina1,008
Massachusetts866
Georgia832
New Jersey622
West Virginia494

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyMeripilaceae
GenusMeripilus

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