Stats

Lifespan

Up to 2 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Temperate conifer forest

Range

Northern Hemisphere

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

A thin, saprophytic bracket fungus that forms overlapping shelves on dead conifer wood, with a pale, zoned, fuzzy cap and a pore surface that fades from vivid violet-purple at the growing edge to dull brown with age.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   spore

   A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
2. 2.
   mycelium

   A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
3. 3.
   fruiting body

   A mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Hymenochaetales

Family

Hymenochaetaceae

Genus

Trichaptum

Species

Trichaptum abietinum