Milk-white Toothed Polypore
Irpex lacteus (Fr.) Fr.
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Edibility
Inedible Source: Wikipedia: Irpex lacteus
Classification from Wikipedia: Irpex lacteus. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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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 | 247 |
| February | 180 |
| March | 205 |
| April | 304 |
| May | 198 |
| June | 178 |
| July | 285 |
| August | 437 |
| September | 578 |
| October | 703 |
| November | 303 |
| December | 246 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- New York 453 records · Foraging rules
- Ontario 386 records · Foraging rules
- Ohio 254 records · Foraging rules
- Pennsylvania 240 records · Foraging rules
- Illinois 225 records · Foraging rules
- New Jersey 171 records · Foraging rules
- Wisconsin 170 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 135 records · Foraging rules
- Minnesota 129 records · Foraging rules
- Massachusetts 118 records · Foraging rules
- Connecticut 113 records · Foraging rules
- Maryland 107 records · Foraging rules
- Florida 106 records · Foraging rules
- Indiana 105 records · Foraging rules
- Virginia 101 records · Foraging rules
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- North Carolina89 records
- Kansas84 records
- Michigan76 records
- Texas63 records
- Vermont58 records
- Maine50 records
- District of Columbia50 records
- New Hampshire48 records
- Manitoba46 records
- West Virginia45 records
- Tennessee44 records
- North Dakota38 records
- British Columbia33 records
- Nova Scotia33 records
- Iowa32 records
- Louisiana26 records
- South Carolina24 records
- Delaware22 records
- Nebraska20 records
- Idaho20 records
- Missouri20 records
- Georgia19 records
- Saskatchewan18 records
- Rhode Island17 records
- Kentucky15 records
- Alabama15 records
- Arkansas13 records
- Washington11 records
- California10 records
- New Brunswick10 records
- New Mexico9 records
- Alberta8 records
- Utah8 records
- Oregon7 records
- Colorado6 records
- Oklahoma6 records
- Montana5 records
- Arizona4 records
- Alaska3 records
- South Dakota3 records
- Prince Edward Island2 records
- Mississippi1 records
- Newfoundland and Labrador1 records
- Wyoming1 records
Identification traits
| Ecology | saprotrophic |
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Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Irpex lacteus is a common crust fungus distributed throughout temperate areas of the world. It is the type of the genus Irpex. Irpex lacteus is considered a polypore, but depending on growth conditions it can also produce a hydnoid hymenophore. Due to this variability and abundance of the species it has been described as a new species to science numerous times and subsequently has an extensive synonymy. The complete genome sequence of Irpex lacteus was reported in 2017.
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