Hairy bracket mushrooms (Trametes hirsuta), with rodent nibbled edges, found growing on a red birch tree (Betula occidentalis), south of Troy, Montana

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Hairy bracket mushrooms (Trametes hirsuta), with rodent nibbled edges, found growing on a red birch tree (Betula occidentalis), south of Troy, Montana, on a winter afternoon. Scientific synonyms of T. hirsuta include Boletus hirsutus, Boletus nigromarginatus, Boletus velutinus, Coriolus hirsutus, Coriolus nigromarginatus, Coriolus vellereus, Coriolus velutinus, Daedalea polyzona, Polyporus fagicola, Polystictus nigromarginatus, Trametes porioides Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Polyporales Family: Polyporaceae Genus: Trametes Species: T. hirsuta

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Location: Troy, Montana, USA
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