| Trichaptum biforme | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Hymenochaetales |
| Family: | Hymenochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Trichaptum |
| Species: | T. biforme |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichaptum biforme (Fr.) Ryvarden (1972) | |
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Trichaptum biforme, commonly known as the violet-pored bracket fungus, purple tooth, or violet-toothed polypore, is a species of poroid fungus in the order Hymenochaetales.
Description
Growing to 1–7.5 centimetres (1⁄2–3 in) in width, it is initially violet before fading into zones of white to brown, retaining violet at the margin for a time.
Similar species
It is sometimes confused with Trichaptum abietinum, which grows almost exclusively on conifers, as do T. byssogenum and T. fuscoviolaceum. Skeletocutis lilacina is also similar.
Distribution and habitat
It is widely distributed and occurs on at least 65 tree hosts, but rarely on conifers.
It is a saprobe that decomposes hardwood stumps and logs.
Toxicity
It is inedible.
References
- Ryvarden, L. (1972). "A critical checklist of the Polyporaceae in tropical East Africa". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 19: 229–238.
- Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- ^ Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Lincoff, Gary (1981). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 490. ISBN 978-0-394-51992-0.
Trichaptum biforme Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Teeth on hymenium |
 | Cap is flat |
 | Hymenium attachment is not applicable |
| Lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Trichaptum biforme |
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| Polyporus biformis | |
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