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White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus Habitat: Birch twig in a deciduous forest Geotagged,Summer,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,White cheese polypore,polypore Click/tap to enlarge

White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus

Habitat: Birch twig in a deciduous forest

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"Tyromyces chioneus", commonly known as the white cheese polypore, is a species of polypore fungus. A widely distributed fungus, it has a circumpolar distribution, in temperate boreal pine forests, of Asia, Europe, and North America, causes white rot in dead hardwood trees, especially birch.

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

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Uploaded Jan 22, 2019. Captured Sep 13, 2018 11:48 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.0
  • 1/83s
  • ISO100
  • 35mm