Irpex lacteus

Irpex lacteus

''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.
Milk-white Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus)? ID Tentative. Growing on a small hardwood branch in a dense mixed forest. This formation reminds me a lot of Christine's observation here: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76480/irpex_lacteus.html Geotagged,Irpex lacteus,United States,Winter

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''Irpex lacteus'' is a white-rot fungus that inhabits mainly angiosperm branches and trunks. It is one of the most common wood-rotting fungi for instance in urban North America.

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderPolyporales
FamilySteccherinaceae
GenusIrpex
SpeciesI. lacteus
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United States of America