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Woolly Velvet Polypore - Onnia tomentosa Flat, brown, velvety cap with yellowish edges. The pores and cap bruised brown.<br />
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Habitat: Growing in on the ground in a mostly coniferous forest.<br />
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**This fungus is a plant pathogen, and causes root rot, primarily in spruce.<br />
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Habitat: Growing in on the ground in a mostly coniferous forest.<br />
<br />
**This fungus is a plant pathogen, and causes root rot, primarily in spruce.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/112103/woolly_velvet_polypore_-_onnia_tomentosa.html<br />
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<br />
Habitat: Growing in on the ground in a mostly coniferous forest.<br />
<br />
**This fungus is a plant pathogen, and causes root rot, primarily in spruce.https://www.jungledragon.com/image/112103/woolly_velvet_polypore_-_onnia_tomentosa.html<br />
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Woolly Velvet Polypore - Onnia tomentosa

Flat, brown, velvety cap with yellowish edges. The pores and cap bruised brown.

Habitat: Growing in on the ground in a mostly coniferous forest.

**This fungus is a plant pathogen, and causes root rot, primarily in spruce.

Woolly Velvet Polypore - Onnia tomentosa Flat, brown, velvety cap with yellowish edges. The pores and cap bruised brown.<br />
<br />
Habitat: Growing in on the ground in a mostly coniferous forest.<br />
<br />
**This fungus is a plant pathogen, and causes root rot, primarily in spruce.<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/112103/woolly_velvet_polypore_-_onnia_tomentosa.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/112104/woolly_velvet_polypore_-_onnia_tomentosa.html Geotagged,Onnia tomentosa,Summer,United States

Woolly Velvet Polypore - Onnia tomentosa Flat, brown, velvety cap with yellowish edges. The pores and cap bruised brown.<br />
<br />
Habitat: Growing in on the ground in a mostly coniferous forest.<br />
<br />
**This fungus is a plant pathogen, and causes root rot, primarily in spruce.https://www.jungledragon.com/image/112103/woolly_velvet_polypore_-_onnia_tomentosa.html<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/112105/woolly_velvet_polypore_-_onnia_tomentosa.html Geotagged,Onnia tomentosa,Summer,United States

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''Onnia tomentosa'' is a species of fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae commonly known as the woolly velvet polypore. It is frequently found in coniferous forests at higher altitudes, often growing in large groups, rather rare at lower altitudes. It is a plant pathogen, and causes tomentosus root rot, primarily in spruce.

Similar species: Hymenochaetales
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Apr 5, 2021. Captured Sep 7, 2020 07:43 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/166s
  • ISO1600
  • 100mm