Resinous Polypore

Fungi > Agarics & Gilled Mushrooms

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Resinous PolyporeScientific Name: Ischnoderma resinosumCategory: FungiSubcategory: Agarics & Gilled MushroomsSize: Bracket width 8 to 20 cm (3.1 to 7.9 in); bracket thickness 1.5 to 3.5 cm (0.6 to 1.4 in)Weight: 150 to 500 g (5.3 to 17.6...

Oak Mazegill

Fungi > Bracket Fungi

OverviewThe Oak Mazegill (Daedalea quercina) is an ancient, corky, perennial bracket fungus renowned throughout temperate broadleaf woodlands for its remarkable, maze-like hymenial underside. Belonging to the family Fomitopsidaceae within the order Polyporales, this...
Birch Polypore

Birch Polypore

Fungi > Bracket Fungi & Polypores

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Birch PolyporeScientific Name: Fomitopsis betulinaCategory: FungiSubcategory: Bracket Fungi & PolyporesSize: Basidiocarp width: 3–10 in (7–25 cm); Depth from tree: 2–6 in (5–15 cm); Thickness: 1–3 in (2.5–7.5 cm)Weight: Fresh basidiocarp:...