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Pseudomerulius aureus This is actually pretty small - not nearly as big as it looks like it might be - but you can see from the pine needles stuck in it that it is only a few inches long Geotagged,Pseudomerulius aureus,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Pseudomerulius aureus

This is actually pretty small - not nearly as big as it looks like it might be - but you can see from the pine needles stuck in it that it is only a few inches long

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features include 1) resupinate growth on decayed, barkless, confer wood, especially pine, 2) radial or net-like spore-bearing surface (folded-wrinkled, often raduloid), soft, wax-like, yellow or almost orange, then yellow-brown, darkening when touched, margin narrow, and bright yellow to whitish, cap when present pallid or yellowish, tomentose, not zoned, 3) spores cylindric to suballantoid, smooth, with slight reddish brown tint in Melzer's reagent, yellow, cyanophilic, walls slightly thickened,.. more

Similar species: Boletales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded May 19, 2017. Captured May 18, 2017 15:03 in 14005 Sr 2, Leavenworth, WA 98826, USA.
  • X-E2
  • f/1.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO800
  • 55mm