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White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus The fruiting bodies were soft and smooth, fan-shaped, and whitish. The undersurface had white pores.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on hardwood<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/141983/white_cheese_polypore_-_tyromyces_chioneus.html" title="White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/141983_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=VB2nnSpz8KiWZq1FPe7kYId%2F2GQ%3D" width="200" height="144" alt="White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus The fruiting bodies were soft and smooth, fan-shaped, and whitish. The undersurface had white pores.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on hardwood<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/141984/white_cheese_polypore_-_tyromyces_chioneus.html Fall,Geotagged,Tyromyces,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,White Cheese Polypore,fungus,mushroom,polypore" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,White Cheese Polypore Click/tap to enlarge

White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus

The fruiting bodies were soft and smooth, fan-shaped, and whitish. The undersurface had white pores.

Habitat: Growing on hardwood

White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus The fruiting bodies were soft and smooth, fan-shaped, and whitish. The undersurface had white pores.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on hardwood<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/141984/white_cheese_polypore_-_tyromyces_chioneus.html Fall,Geotagged,Tyromyces,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,White Cheese Polypore,fungus,mushroom,polypore

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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
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Oct 15, 2022. Captured Sep 24, 2021 14:58 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/166s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.