Trichaptum biforme

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Trichaptum biforme
File:TrichaptumBiformeTop.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Trichaptum
Species:
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

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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

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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

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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

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It is inedible.[4][5]

References

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Trichaptum biforme
Mycological characteristics
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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