Fungi > Hymenochaetaceae & Bracket Fungi
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Shaggy BracketScientific Name: Inonotus hispidusCategory: FungiSubcategory: Hymenochaetaceae & Bracket FungiSize: Bracket width: 4–12 in (10–30 cm); Thickness: 1.5–4.0 in (4–10 cm)Weight: 1.0–4.0 lb (0.5–1.8 kg) per mature...
Fungi > Helotiaceae & Gelatinous Cup Fungi
AT A GLANCECommon Name: Purple JellydiscScientific Name: Ascocoryne sarcoidesCategory: FungiSubcategory: Helotiaceae & Gelatinous Cup FungiSize: Disc diameter: 0.2–0.8 in (5–20 mm); Cluster width: 2–6 in (5–15 cm)Weight: 0.1–0.5 oz (3–15 g) per tight fruiting...
Fungi > Polyporaceae & Polyporales
OverviewDryad’s Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus), universally known across North American and European foraging lore as the Pheasant’s Back mushroom or hawk’s wing fungus, is a massive, fan-shaped bracket polypore macrofungus belonging to the bracket...
