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Birch polypore
Fomitopsis betulina
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Fomitopsis betulina, commonly known as the birch polypore, birch bracket, or razor strop, is a common bracket fungus and, as the name suggests, grows almost exclusively on birch trees. The brackets burst out from the bark of the tree, and these fruit bodies can last for more than a year.
- Family
- Fomitopsidaceae
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- Name
- Fomitopsis betulina
- Slug
- fomitopsis-betulina
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Fomitopsidaceae
- Genus
- Fomitopsis
- Species
- betulina
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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