Summary ³

Birch polypore, birch bracket, or razor strop, is one of the most common polyporous bracket fungi and, as the name suggests, grows almost exclusively on birch trees. The brackets burst out from the bark of the tree, and these fruiting bodies can last for more than a year. Technically, it is an edible mushroom, with a strong, pleasant "mushroomy" odor but a bitter taste.

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1. (c) MICHEL AUBRY, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/38756652@N07/4396680390
2. (c) Bill MacIndewar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bill MacIndewar
3. Adapted by Bill MacIndewar from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piptoporus_betulinus

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Mushroom Observer
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals

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