Sweet knot creates large, seemingly scaled "knots" on the trunks of its host hardwood trees. Though some specimens reportedly have a sweet scent, others do not. Nevertheless, its specific epithet, graveolens, means "strong smelling." The aromatic examples are sometimes collected and kept in the home as air fresheners.
Cap Diameter:
1 - 5 cm
Odor:
Faint, typical mushroom smell.
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Tips for Finding
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Common Questions
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Attributes of Sweet knot
Cap Diameter
1 - 5 cm
Height
10 - 23 cm
Cap
Individual caps 1 - 5 cm across; semicircular to fan-shaped, planoconvex to flat; reddish brown to brown; often drooping, bald or finely fuzzy, dry
Stem
Absent
Flesh
Granular in the central core, tough and fibrous in the caps; pale to dark brown; unchanging when sliced
Spore Print Color
Brown
Odor
Faint, typical mushroom smell.
Body Color
Brown
Red
Gray
Growth Form
Scattered, Gregarious
Nutrient Gathering
Saprophytic, Parasitic
Substrate
Dead Woods, Wood of Living Trees
You can find Sweet knot by these plants:
Willows
Occurence Habitats
Deciduous Woodland
Species Status
Widely distributed in North America east of the Rocky Mountains
Endangered Species
No
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Habitat of Sweet knot
Sweet knot typically grows on hardwoods, often found on deadwood or wounds of living trees, particularly oaks.
