birch bracket

English

a birch bracket fungus on a dead silver birch

Noun

birch bracket (plural birch brackets)

1. (mycology) A polypore mushroom that grows almost exclusively on birch trees, Piptoporus betulinus.

Synonyms

• birch polypore
• razor strop

Translations

Piptoporus betulinus

• Czech: březovník obecný
• Finnish: pökkelökääpä
• Russian: трутови́к берёзовый m (trutovík berjózovyj)
• Swedish: björkticka (sv) c
• Yakut: ыт мунна (ıt munna)

References

• birch bracket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Piptoporus betulinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Piptoporus betulinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons