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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

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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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  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. ^ a b c Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
  4. ^ a b c Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  5. ^ a b c d e 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
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Teeth on hymenium
Cap is flat
Hymenium attachment is not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible