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Shelf mushroom

Polypore

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Field Notes

Description:

Light orange in color, size ranging between 1-2.5 inches in diameter.

Polypores are a group of fungi that form fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside (see Delimitation for exceptions). They are a morphological group of basidiomycetes like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi, and not all polypores are closely related to each other. Polypores are also called bracket fungi, and their woody fruiting bodies are called conks.

Habitat:

Large established forest

Notes:

Growing from a Tulip Poplar branch.

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