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Cracked Cap Polypore

Fulvifomes robiniae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Pennsylvania.January 46, February 46, March 84, April 137, May 140, June 69, July 52, August 58, September 58, October 79, November 69, December 41.
United States5,154
Pennsylvania1,548
New York1,259
Virginia1,166
Ohio1,105
Maryland979
Indiana486
New Jersey481
Kentucky416
West Virginia302

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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
GenusFulvifomes

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