Fungi ID Test

Question 1

Answer 1

Bjerkandera adusta - Smoky polypore

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on dead hardwoods

Question 2

Answer 2

Phaeolus schweinitzii – Velvet top fungus

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on living and dead red pine trees

Question 3

Answer 3

Trametes versicolor – Turkey tail

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on hardwood trees and logs

Question 4

Answer 4

Trichaptum biforme – Violet polypore

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on hardwoods (esp. aspen); similar species occurs on conifers

Question 5

Answer 5

Piptoporus betulinus – Birch polypore

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic and common on dead birch trees

Question 6

Answer 6

Daedalea quercina – Maze bracket fungus

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic, often found on oaks

Question 7

Answer 7

Calvatia gigantea – Giant puffball

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – mycorrhizal

Question 8

Answer 8

Heterobasidion irregulare – Conifer-base polypore

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – pathogenic, causing a spongy rot of sapwood and heartwood

Question 9

Answer 9

Climacodon septentrionalis – Northern tooth fungus

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on living hardwoods, especially maples

Question 10

Answer 10

Hydnum repandum – Hedgehog mushroom

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – mycorrhizal, decays litter in hardwood and conifer stands

Question 11

Answer 11

Fomitopsis pinicola – Red band fungus

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on dead trees and logs of both conifers and hardwoods

Question 12

Answer 12

Laetiporus sulphureus – Sulfur shelf

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – pathogenic, causes a rot on living and dead hardwood and coniferous trees

Question 13

Answer 13

Hericium coralloides – Bear’s head tooth fungus

Functional Role – saprophytic, decay of hardwood logs

Question 14

Answer 14

Polyporus squamosus – Dryad’s saddle

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on hardwood trees

Question 15

Answer 15

Gloeophyllum sepiarium – Yellow-red gill polypore

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on conifers

Question 16

Answer 16

Phellinus pini – Pine conk

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic, on living pine trees

Question 17

Answer 17

Pycnoporus cinnabarinus – Cinnabar-red polypore

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on dead hardwoods

Question 18

Answer 18

Eutypella parasitica – Eutypella canker

Fungal Group – Ascomycetes Functional Role – pathogenic, on trunks of trees, lethal only to young trees (primarily affects maples)

Question 19

Answer 19

Apiosporina morbosa - Black knot

Functional Role – pathogenic, on plum and cherry trees (most Prunus spp.)

Question 20

Answer 20

Fomes fomentarius – True Tinder Conk

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on hardwood stems (common on dead birch)

Question 21

Answer 21

Nectria galligena – Nectria (target) canker

Fungal Group – Ascomycetes Functional Role – pathogen, infects wounds on tree (leaf scar, broken branch, etc.)

Question 22

Answer 22

Schizophyllum commune – Common split gill fungus

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on living and dead hardwoods

Question 23

Answer 23

Ganoderma applanatum – Artist’s conk

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic on wood (stems and butts of hardwoods)

Question 24

Answer 24

Phellinus everhartii – Hoof conk

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – saprophytic, often on oak trees

Question 25

Answer 25

Cantharellus cibarius – Golden chantarelle

Fungal Group – Basidiomycetes Functional Role – mycorrhizal with pine and upland hardwoods, growing on soil rather than wood OR woody debris