| Polyporus tuberaster | |
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| Species: | P. tuberaster
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| Polyporus tuberaster (Jacq.) Fr. (1815)
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Polyporus tuberaster | |
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 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is offset |
 | Hymenium is decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Polyporus tuberaster is a species of fungi in the genus Polyporus.
Description
editFruitbodies solitary or in small groups, on horizontal surfaces centrally stalked, on vertical surfaces laterally stalked. Cap round or kidney-shaped, convex or somewhat funnel-shaped, 2-12 cm diameter, 0.5-1.5 cm thick, fleshy when fresh; upper surface pale brown or straw-colored, with roughly concentric zones of brown scales dark and pointed at their tips; lower surface white or cream, pores angular or elongated, 1-2 mm diameter. Stalk 3-8 x 0.5 x 1.5 cm, straight or curved, whitish or pale ochraceous, finely hairy. Found on branches of deciduous trees and shrubs.[1]
References
edit- ^ Ellis, J. B.; Ellis, Martin B. (1990). Fungi without gills (hymenomycetes and gasteromycetes): an identification handbook. London: Chapman and Hall. p. 158. ISBN 0-412-36970-2.
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