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Coral-pink Merulius

Phlebia incarnata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 81, February 87, March 95, April 156, May 203, June 101, July 81, August 79, September 107, October 168, November 73, December 74.
United States7,157
Virginia841
Maryland722
Pennsylvania558
West Virginia476
North Carolina386
New Jersey365
Indiana331
New York320
Tennessee317

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Traits

Group and habits

  • 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
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyMeruliaceae
GenusPhlebia

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