Trichaptum biforme

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Trichaptum biforme
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T. biforme
Binomial name
Trichaptum biforme
(Fr.) Ryvarden (1972)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyporus biformis Fr. (1833)
  • Polyporus pargamenus Fr. (1833)
  • Hirschioporus pargamenus (Fr.) Bondartsev & Singer (1941)

Trichaptum biforme, commonly known as the violet-pored bracket fungus,[2] purple tooth, or violet-toothed polypore, is a species of poroid fungus in the order Hymenochaetales.

Description

Growing to 1–7.5 centimetres (12–3 in) in width, it is initially violet before fading into zones of white to brown, retaining violet at the margin for a time.[3][4][5]

Similar species

It is sometimes confused with Trichaptum abietinum, which grows almost exclusively on conifers,[5] as do T. byssogenum and T. fuscoviolaceum.[3] Skeletocutis lilacina is also similar.[3]

Distribution and habitat

It is widely distributed and occurs on at least 65 tree hosts, but rarely on conifers.[5] It is a saprobe that decomposes hardwood stumps and logs.[4][5]

Toxicity

It is inedible.[4][5]

References

  1. Ryvarden, L. (1972). "A critical checklist of the Polyporaceae in tropical East Africa". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 19: 229–238.
  2. Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Lincoff, Gary (1981). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 490. ISBN 978-0-394-51992-0.
Trichaptum biforme
File:Teeth icon.pngTeeth on hymenium
File:Flat cap icon.svgCap is flat
File:NA cap icon.svgHymenium attachment is not applicable
File:NA cap icon.svgLacks a stipe
Spore print is white
File:Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
File:Mycomorphbox Inedible.pngEdibility is inedible

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