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Southeast Alaska has an unusual climate that allows a large number of edible plant and edible mushroom species to grow. The area consists primarily of the Tongass National Forest, which is a temperate rainforest. This rainforest has plenty of precipitation and the temperature remains relatively constant, therefore many plant and fungi species ...
Amanita muscaria. Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, [ 5 ] is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is a large white- gilled, white-spotted, and usually red mushroom. Despite its easily distinguishable features, A. muscaria is a fungus with several known variations, or subspecies.
Fomitopsis pinicola, is a stem decay fungus common on softwood and hardwood trees. [1] Its conk (fruit body) is known as the red-belted conk. The species is common throughout temperate Europe and Asia. [1] It is a decay fungus that serves as a small-scale disturbance agent in coastal rainforest ecosystems.
Cantharellus formosus. Cantharellus formosus, commonly known as the Pacific golden chanterelle, is a fungus native to the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is a member of the genus Cantharellus along with other popular edible chanterelles. It was distinguished from C. cibarius in the 1990s.
Southeast Alaska, often abbreviated to southeast or southeastern, [ 1 ] and sometimes called the Alaska (n) panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part of Yukon). The majority of southeast Alaska is situated ...
Phellinus igniarius (syn. Phellinus trivialis), commonly known as the willow bracket, fire sponge, false tinder polypore, punk ash polypore, [1] or false tinder conk, [2] is a fungus of the family Hymenochaetaceae. Like other members of the genus of Phellinus, it lives by saprotrophic nutrition, in which the lignin and cellulose of a host tree ...
Populus balsamifera subsp. trichocarpa (Torr. & A.Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw. Populus trichocarpa, the black cottonwood, [1] western balsam-poplar[2] or California poplar, is a deciduous broadleaf tree species native to western North America. It is used for timber, and is notable as a model organism in plant biology.
Baorangia bicolor. Baorangia bicolor, also known as the two-colored bolete or red and yellow bolete after its two-tone coloring scheme of red and yellow, is an edible fungus in the genus Baorangia. It inhabits most of eastern North America, primarily east of the Rocky Mountains and in season during the summer and fall months but can be found ...