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Albatrellus ovinus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Fakó zsemlegomba, Schafporling, Sheep Polypore
Albatrellus ovinus Mushroom
Ref No: 6938
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Pore material cannot be seperated from flesh of the cap
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

Sheep Polypore Albatrellus ovinus (Fr.) Murr. syn. Polyporus ovinus Fr. Schafporling Fakó zsemlegomba. Fruit body annual. Cap 5-15cm across, usually single but sometimes several fused together, circular to irregular when fused, convex then depressed, dish-shaped; white to pale buff, tan; dry, smooth, or a little scaly with age. Tubes 1-2mm deep, decurrent; white. Pores 2-4 per mm, angular; white to yellowish. Stem 20-75 x 10-30mm, slightly swollen, pointed at base, usually central; white bruising pinkish; smooth. Flesh 5-20mm thick, firm; white, dries yellowish. Odor pleasant, fungusy, aromatic. Taste mild, sometimes slightly bitter (see Comment). Spores subglobose-ellipsoid, 3-4.5 x 3-3.5µ. Deposit white. Hyphal structure monomitic. Habitat on the ground by conifers, especially at high elevations. Found in Europe especially Finland (where it is considered a fine edible,)and throughout North America. Season August to winter. Edible. Comment Similar are Albatrellus confluens (Fr.) Kotlaba & Pouz., which is darker, orange-hued, with a bitter flavor, and Albatrellus subrubescens (Murr.) Pouz., which bruises orange.

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Libby Catling (Canada) - 09 September 2012

We live in a very remote isolated location close to the tree line. These sheep polypore were growing in two large rings, about 30 ft in diameter, in an open sandy esker which had black spruce and caribou moss.
Albatrellus ovinus
Todd Shury (Canada) - 16 July 2011

Collected near Big River, Saskatchewan, Canada July 31 2009 under jackpine (Pinus banksiana).
Albatrellus ovinus
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 21 June 2010

Albatrellus cristatus 2/08/2009 Tri-city park Gdañsk Poland
Albatrellus ovinus
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 21 June 2010

16/08/2009 Lasy Oliwskie Tri-city park Gdañsk.Poland
Albatrellus ovinus
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