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Yellow-Red Polypore

Gloeophyllum sepiarium

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Description:

Cap: Single or compound, semicircular, about 12 cm across and 8 cm deep, irregulary bracket-shaped, flattened-convex. Concentric zones of texture and color, at first yellow to orange, becoming yellow-brown to dark brown or nearly black toward the point of attachment but usually remaining yellow to orange on the growing margin. It has both gills and pores.

Habitat:

This fungus is found on deadwood of conifers and occasionally on hardwoods such as the quaking aspen.

Notes:

This polypore was found off the Egg Lake Trail in a dense deciduous forest.

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PublishedOctober 5, 2013

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