Fungi > Polypores & Bracket Fungi
The Oak Polypore (Buglossoporus quercinus), also known as the Bugloss Bracket, is one of Europe’s rarest and most iconic wood-decay macrofungi. Strictly tied to veteran English oaks (*Quercus robur* and *Quercus petraea*) that are often more than 200 to 400...
Fungi > Polypores & Bracket Fungi
The Blue-capped Polypore (Albatrellus flettii), also celebrated as Flett’s Polypore, is an extraordinary, terrestrial pore mushroom native to the subalpine conifer forests of western North America. While almost all polypores are tough brackets growing on dead...
Fungi > Polypores & Bracket Fungi
The Hemlock Reishi (Ganoderma tsugae), also celebrated as the Hemlock Varnish Shelf, is an incomparably magnificent, glossy polypore fungus native to the ancient hemlock forests of eastern North America. Revered as the North American counterpart of the legendary Asian...
Fungi > Polypores & Bracket Fungi
The White-pored Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus cincinnatus) is an exceptionally prized, tender edible polypore native to eastern North America. Unlike its close relative the sulfur shelf (Laetiporus sulphureus), which forms bright yellow-pored brackets high on...
Fungi > Polypores & Bracket Fungi
The Velvet-top Fungus (Phaeolus schweinitzii), widely celebrated among natural craft dyers as the ‘Dyer’s Polypore,’ is an imposing, parasitic and saprobic polypore fungus native to the mature conifer forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Belonging to...
Fungi > Polypores & Bracket Fungi
The Violet-toothed Polypore (Trichaptum biforme), also celebrated as the Purple Tooth Polypore, is a mesmerizing, jewel-toned bracket fungus widespread across temperate hardwood forests of North America. Renowned for its breathtaking lilac to royal-purple growing...
Fungi > Polypores & Bracket Fungi
The Chaga Mushroom (Inonotus obliquus), revered across Siberian and Nordic folklore as the ‘King of Herbs’ or ‘Black Gold of the Taiga’, is a unique, slow-growing parasitic wood-decay fungus belonging to the family Hymenochaetaceae, indigenous...
