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Ochre Spreading Tooth

Steccherinum ochraceum

Description:

Brackets are up to 4 cm wide, with a hairy, zonate surface & often laterally fused.

Habitat:

Hard wood trunk & branches.

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3 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

I have many of these on trees around me!

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 12 years ago

Saprobic on the deadwood of hardwoods and, rarely, conifers
http://www.mushroomexpert.com/steccherin...
I found these collections on erect trees.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Does it kill the tree or is it already dead?

Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Jan 1, 2012
Submitted on Jan 3, 2012

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