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Dryads Saddle
Polyporus squamosus
42.284, -83.474
Field Notes
Description:
Clump of some large dryads saddle.
Large, thick, brown caps on off-center stalks growing out of old stumps or logs. Upper surface scaly; pore surface white to yellowish. Pores large angular decurrent.
Cap-Fan shaped and flat or broadly depressed over stalk and then sometimes more or less funnel shaped.
Stalk-off center attached to one side;often rudimentary. Upper part white to yellowish like pores; brownish black at base.
Cap 5-30 cm across x 0.5-4 cm thick.
Habitat:
Fruiting: Solitary to clumped; on wounds of living deciduous trees or less commonly on logs or stumps.
Notes:
Edibility-Edible, but use only young caps. Anything older will be to tough to be palatable.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2015
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