Ceriporia purpurea is a species of crust fungus in the family Irpicaceae. It was first described by Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in 1821 as Polyporus purpureus. Marinus Anton Donk gave the fungus its current name when he transferred it to the genus Ceriporia in 1971.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ceriporia purpurea 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
- Tulasnella violea
- Steccherinum collabens
- Ceriporiopsis gilvescens
- Byssomerulius psittacinus
- Rhodonia placenta
- Meruliopsis taxicola
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Irpicaceae
- Genus
- Ceriporia
- Species
- Ceriporia purpurea
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