Northern Red Belt
Fomitopsis mounceae Haight & Nakasone
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Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.
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Edibility
Inedible Source: Wikipedia: Fomitopsis mounceae
Classification from Wikipedia: Fomitopsis mounceae. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site or any app.
Photos
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Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 245 |
| February | 213 |
| March | 279 |
| April | 503 |
| May | 546 |
| June | 454 |
| July | 431 |
| August | 400 |
| September | 364 |
| October | 436 |
| November | 271 |
| December | 196 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- British Columbia 1,878 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 460 records · Foraging rules
- Ontario 330 records · Foraging rules
- California 244 records · Foraging rules
- Oregon 217 records · Foraging rules
- Nova Scotia 154 records · Foraging rules
- Maine 142 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 95 records · Foraging rules
- New Brunswick 92 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 90 records · Foraging rules
- Vermont 85 records · Foraging rules
- Alberta 84 records · Foraging rules
- New Hampshire 80 records · Foraging rules
- New York 66 records · Foraging rules
- Minnesota 59 records · Foraging rules
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- Prince Edward Island37 records
- Saskatchewan26 records
- Alaska25 records
- Idaho21 records
- Manitoba17 records
- Wisconsin16 records
- Montana15 records
- Pennsylvania13 records
- Yukon13 records
- Massachusetts12 records
- Newfoundland and Labrador9 records
- Northwest Territories5 records
- Utah3 records
- Ohio1 records
- Rhode Island1 records
- Virginia1 records
Identification traits
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | pores |
|---|---|
| Ecology | saprotrophic |
| Spore print color | white |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Fomitopsis mounceae is a North American species of shelf fungus.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
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