A Black Bristle Bracket mushroom, (Phellinus nigricans}, with a dusting of snow, growing through the moss on the base of a red birch tree,

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A Black Bristle Bracket mushroom, (Phellinus nigricans}, with a dusting of snow, growing through the moss on the base of a red birch tree, (Betula occidentalis), 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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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Location: Troy, Montana, USA
Photo credit: © Martin Battilana Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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