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Overview
| Synopsis:
| Smallish imperforate lobes, similar to H. metaphysodes but lobes more imbricate, browner tips, medulla K+ slow reddish brown, KC+ orange red.
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| Distribution:
| Alaska to northern Oregon in the coastal states and provinces; North American endemic
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| Habitat:
| oceanic to suboceanic forests
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| Range:
| Arctic, Subarctic, Alpine, Pacific Northwest
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| Other Diagnostics: | Appears like a rather loosely appressed H. metaphysodes but with imbricate to somewhat separate lobes that are often browned at the tips. Always contains 3-hydroxyphysodic acid and always has brown to dark brown cavity.
| | Substrate Notes: | On conifers, less often on hardwoods (e.g. Alnus)
| | Abundance in North America: | Present
| | Substrate: | Typically
| | Host: | Abies, Tsuga, Picea
| | On Rock: | Never
| | On Moss/Detritus/Sod: | Never
| | Authority: | Goward & McCune
| | References: | Goward & McCune (2007)
| | Synonymy: | None
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Chemistry
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TLC plate of 3-hydroxyphysodic acid
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K+ reddish brown reaction
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