Coniophora olivacea, also known as olive duster, is a species of corticoid fungus in the family Coniophoraceae, first described by Elias Magnus Fries and given its current name by Petter Adolf Karsten.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Olive duster 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
- Coniophora puteana
- Amphinema byssoides
- Botryobasidium conspersum
- Xenasmatella vaga
- Penttilamyces olivascens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Coniophoraceae
- Genus
- Coniophora
- Species
- Coniophora olivacea
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