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Birch Polypore

Piptoporus betulinus

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

These puffy fungi were on several of these trees. The outside is papery and rough. I poked the top with a stick and found the inside was quite soft looking with some green and peach-colored flesh. You can see the underside of the "cap" in the last photo. It actually split the tree bark open where the fruiting body emerged

Habitat:

Birch tree near a lake

Reference Links:

Piptoporus betulinus (MushroomExpert.Com)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Jae
Interesting find, Machi. To me they look like decayed birch polypore specimens (Piptoporus betulinus).

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Mushroom Mapping
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Fungus in America
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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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BioBlitz, Maine
Photographed
PublishedMarch 29, 2016

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