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Trichaptum abietinum
Mycological characteristics
Trichaptum abietinum Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	Cap is flat
	Hymenium attachment is not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is inedible

Trichaptum abietinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hymenochaetales
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Trichaptum
Species:	T. abietinum
Binomial name
	Trichaptum abietinum; (Dicks.) Ryvarden (1972)
Synonyms
	Boletus abietinus Dicks. (1793);

Trichaptum abietinum is a species of poroid fungus in the order Hymenochaetales. It is saprophytic, growing from dead conifer wood.

The white-gray cap is 1–4 cm wide and usually no more than 0.5 cm thick, shelved and fanlike, with brownish and leathery flesh.^[2] The spores are white, cylindrical, and smooth.^[2]

The species is inedible.^[2]

Similar species include Trichaptum biforme, Bjerkandera adusta, and Trametes versicolor.^[2]

References

^ Ryvarden, L. (1972). "A critical checklist of the Polyporaceae in tropical East Africa". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 19: 229–238.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 355–356. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.

External links

Trichaptum abietinum at Index Fungorum

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[Ryvarden_1972-1] Ryvarden, L. (1972). "A critical checklist of the Polyporaceae in tropical East Africa". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 19: 229–238.

[:0-2] Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 355–356. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.

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