Amphinema byssoides (cratered duster) is a species of corticioid fungus known to form mycorrhizal relationships with spruce trees.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cratered 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
- Peniophorella pubera
- Hyphoderma setigerum
- Peniophorella praetermissa
- Scopuloides rimosa
- Resinicium bicolor
- Coniophora olivacea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Atheliales
- Family
- Tylosporaceae
- Genus
- Amphinema
- Species
- Amphinema byssoides
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