Tyromyces chioneus, commonly known as the white cheese polypore, is a species of polypore fungus. A widely distributed fungus, it has a circumpolar distribution, in temperate boreal pine forests, of Asia, Europe, and North America, causes white rot in dead hardwood trees, especially birch.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of White Cheese Polypore being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Postia lactea
- Tyromyces galactinus
- Amaropostia stiptica
- Postia tephroleuca
- Tyromyces kmetii
- Trametes suaveolens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Incrustoporiaceae
- Genus
- Tyromyces
- Species
- Tyromyces chioneus
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