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Pycnoporellus alboluteus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Pycnoporellus alboluteus Mushroom
Ref No: 8865
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Brown, Orange
normal size: over 15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

Pycnoporellus alboluteus (Ellis & Ev.) Kotlaba & Pouz. Fruit body annual; sponge like to cushion-shaped, 5-100cm across, with pores splitting into long spine like teeth; bright orange-ochre to paler whitish yellow with age. Tubes 2cm deep; same color as flesh. Pores 1-3cm across. No stem. Flesh thin; orange, turns red in KOH. Spores cylindrical, 6-9 x 2.5-4 µ. Deposit white. Habitat on undersides of conifer logs. Found in the Pacific Northwest. Season July-October. Inedible.

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