Trichaptum abietinum
| Trichaptum abietinum | |
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| Species: | T. abietinum
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TRICHAPTUM ABIETINUM | |
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 | pores on hymenium |
 | cap is flat |
 | hymenium attachment is not applicable |
| lacks a stipe |
 | spore print is white |
 | ecology is saprotrophic |
 | edibility: inedible |
Trichaptum abietinum is a species of poroid fungus in the order Hymenochaetales. It is saprophytic, growing from dead conifer wood.
The white-gray cap is 1–4 cm wide and usually no more than .5 thick, shelved and fanlike, with brownish and leathery flesh.[2] The spores are white, cylindrical, and smooth.[2]
The species is inedible.[2]
Similar species include Trichaptum biforme, Bjerkandera adusta, and Trametes versicolor.[2]
References[]
- ^ Ryvarden, L. (1972). "A critical checklist of the Polyporaceae in tropical East Africa". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 19: 229–238.
- ^ a b c d Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 355–356. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
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Categories:
- Hymenochaetales
- Fungi described in 1793
- Fungi of Europe
- Inedible fungi
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