Lopharia cinerascens

Lopharia cinerascens is a species of crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was first described by botanist Lewis David de Schweinitz in 1832 as Thelephora cinerascens. Gordon Herriot Cunningham transferred it to Lopharia in 1956. It is widely distributed in Africa, Asia, Australasia, and North America; it is less common in Europe and South America.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Lopharia cinerascens 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

• Cylindrobasidium laeve
• Phlebia acerina
• Cylindrobasidium evolvens
• Phlebia rufa
• Porostereum spadiceum
• Radulomyces molaris

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Polyporales

Family

Polyporaceae

Genus

Lopharia

Species

Lopharia cinerascens

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