Phylum: Basidomycete
Class: Agaricomycete
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Trametes
Species: T. hirsuta
Collection Location: This mushroom was collected on April 9th at Dale’s Ridge natural area outside of Lewisburg, PA. The sample was collected off of a decomposing log of a hardwood tree.
Description:
T. hirsuta is a white-rot, polypore mushroom that is a saphrobe on the deadwood of hardwood trees. The mushroom caps grow on top of each other and make irregular half circles connected to its substrate. The pileus is hairy and the lamellae is pored. Concentric zones varying in color are apparent on the pileus as indicative of the Trametes genus. T. hirsuta has circles of mostly white, gray, and brown. T. hirsuta is widely distributed on hardwoods in North America.
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