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Rooting Polypore (Polyporus radicatus)
Two mushrooms spotted beneath hardwoods on a hillside in a dense mixed hardwood/pine forest in Northwest Georgia (Gordon County), US. Cap is brown to cinnamon-toned and slightly fuzzy. Underside of cap is white to cream with very flat (I’d say squamous?) pores that extend down the stipe. Stipe is more of a blush to pale gold tone. Flesh is white. No bruising occurs on cap, flesh, or stipe. Cap flavor is very pleasant and mild.
The other specimen is GIGANTIC, and some wildlife had already gotten to it. The stipe has darkened to a dark cinnamon brown, and the cap is less fuzzy (and more leathery) than the younger specimen’s. Stipe is around 7 cm diameter at thickest point. Height of mushroom is around 22 cm!
In summation:
Cap: brown to cinnamon-toned and slightly fuzzy. white flesh beneath.
Pore surface: white to cream with very flat (I’d say squamous?) pores that extend down the stipe.
Stipe: blush to pale gold tone.
Cap flavor: Pleasant, very mild
Bruising: None at all
''Polyporus radicatus'' is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was described as new to science by German-American botanist Lewis David de Schweinitz in 1832. It is found in North America, including Mexico. It grows on the ground, probably from buried roots or originating from sclerotia. Its spores are more or less ellipsoid to spindle shaped, measuring 12–15 by 6–8 µm.
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