A Black Bristle Bracket mushroom (Phellinus nigricans) growing on the trunk of a dead paper birch tree (Betula papyrifera),

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A Black Bristle Bracket mushroom (Phellinus nigricans) growing on the trunk of a dead paper birch tree (Betula papyrifera), near the Kootenai River, in Troy, Montana. P. nigricans is sometimes grouped in the Phellinus igniarius complex, but is a distict species from P. igniarius sensu stricto. Past Scientific synonyms include Fomes igniarius var. nigricans, Fomes nigricans, Gillet var. nigricans, Mucronoporus nigricans, Phellinus igniarius subsp. nigricans, Placodes nigricans, Polyporus igniarius var. nigricans, Pseudofomes nigricans, Scindalma nigricans, Polyporus nigricans, Phellinus nigricans, P. Karst. var. nigricans Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Hymenochaetales Family: Hymenochaetaceae Genus: Phellinus Species: P. nigricans

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Location: Troy, Montana, USA
Photo credit: © Martin Battilana Photography / Alamy / Afripics
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