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Bitter Bracket
Postia stiptica
50.8843, 5.98617
Field Notes
Description:
Tyromyces stipticus (Pers. ex Fr.) Kotl. & Pouz. syn. Polyporus stipticus Pers. ex Fr. Weisser Nadelholzporling. Bracket 1–8cm across, 1–6.5cm wide, 0.5–3.5cm thick, semicircular or kidney-shaped, single or in small overlapping groups; upper surface uneven, milk-white. Taste bitter and stinging. Tubes 0.3–0.7mm long, white exuding whitish droplets in humid weather, which dry cream. Pores 1–5mm across, circular becoming more elongate, white to cream. Spores white, oblong-ellipsoid, 3.5–4.5 x 1.5–2.5um. Hyphal structure monomitic; generative hyphae with clamp connections. Habitat usually on dead conifers, less frequently on living trees. Season all year. Frequent. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe
Habitat:
location: North America, Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Flesh exudes white or watery latex (milk) when cut, Pore material cannot be seperated from flesh of the cap
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood
( http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6907~gid~~sourc… )
Notes:
Oligoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was described by German mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld in 1888. According to a 2008 estimate, Oligoporus contains 10 species
---synonyms: Tyromyces stipticus (Pers.) Kotl. & Pouzar 1959 ; Spongiporus stipticus (Pers.) A. David 1980 ;
Oligoporus stipticus (Pers.) Gilb. & Ryvarden 1987
( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=110927 )
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