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Rusty gilled polypore

Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Photo by mauna Kunzah
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Field Notes

Description:

Lovely, dry, rust-colored bracket I encountered at Jamaica Bay. The gills are tan to yellow, convoluted and delicate. The cap has occasional chocolate colored bands. Infrequent and inedible.

Habitat:

Fence (dead wood) at a wildlife refuge; it's a saprobic fungus.

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Gloeophyllum sepiarium

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Rusty gilled polypore

Gloeophyllum sepiarium

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (1)
mauna Kunzah
Thank you, Mark! I take it my description was apt.

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PublishedAugust 15, 2013

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