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Tyromyces chioneus Habitat: Hardwood; deciduous forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/127943/protocrea_pallida_on_tyromyces_chioneus.html" title="Protocrea pallida on Tyromyces chioneus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/127943_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=d%2BesQwLbiAmPQb%2F%2BKW3GLhj1PyQ%3D" width="200" height="160" alt="Protocrea pallida on Tyromyces chioneus Tentative ID for the orange spots on the fruiting body.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on Tyromyces chioneus; deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/127942/polypore_fruiting_bodies_-_fomitopsidaceae_or_polyporaceae.html Geotagged,Protocrea,Protocrea pallida,Spring,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,parasitic fungus" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Spring,Tyromyces,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,White Cheese Polypore,fungus,polypore Click/tap to enlarge

Tyromyces chioneus

Habitat: Hardwood; deciduous forest

Protocrea pallida on Tyromyces chioneus Tentative ID for the orange spots on the fruiting body.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on Tyromyces chioneus; deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/127942/polypore_fruiting_bodies_-_fomitopsidaceae_or_polyporaceae.html Geotagged,Protocrea,Protocrea pallida,Spring,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,parasitic fungus

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    I would say Tyromyces chioneus (or something in that genus. I'm thinking that orange/yellow is likely some old Protocrea pallida (which parasitizes Tyromyces)?
    Protocrea pallida Yellow fungus parasitizing Tyromyces chioneus. On a hardwood log on a mixed forest trail.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/128324/protocrea_pallida.html<br /> Geotagged,Protocrea pallida,United States,Winter
    Protocrea pallida Yellow fungus parasitizing Tyromyces chioneus. On a hardwood log on a mixed forest trail.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/128323/protocrea_pallida.html Geotagged,Protocrea pallida,United States,Winter
     Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Interesting, thanks! Posted 3 years ago

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The White Cheese Polypore

"Tyromyces chioneus", commonly known as the white cheese polypore, is a species of polypore fungus. A widely distributed fungus, it has a circumpolar distribution, in temperate boreal pine forests, of Asia, Europe, and North America, causes white rot in dead hardwood trees, especially birch.

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Similar species: Polyporales
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Uploaded Jan 15, 2022. Captured May 10, 2021 12:50 in 46 East St, Litchfield, CT 06759, USA.
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  • 100mm