Thin Walled Maze Polypore
Thin cap with bumpy zones of white and tan colors. The pore surface tends to bruise red with this fungus, but this was an old specimen that didn't bruise. The pore surface had elongated, maze-like pores. The entire fruiting body was approximately 9cm wide.
"Daedaleopsis confragosa" is a species of polypore fungus in the family Polyporaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes a white rot of injured hardwoods, especially willows. The fruit bodies are semicircular and tough, have a concentrically zoned brownish upper surface, and measure up to 20 cm in diameter.
Similar species: Polyporales
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Feb 14, 2018. Captured Jan 27, 2018 13:20 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
