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White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus Squishy, white, kidney-shaped fruiting body. It felt like a cross between cheese and a marshmallow. No odor was detected.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on a birch snag in a deciduous forest.<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/68418/white_cheese_polypore_-_tyromyces_chioneus.html" title="White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/68418_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=LiHxCkNRm0jugjSTMl6wFKCxGdQ%3D" width="200" height="164" alt="White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus Squishy, white, kidney-shaped fruiting body. It felt like a cross between cheese and a marshmallow. No odor was detected.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on a birch snag in a deciduous forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/68420/white_cheese_polypore_-_tyromyces_chioneus.html Fall,Geotagged,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,White cheese polypore,fungus,mushroom" /></a></figure> Fall,Geotagged,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,White cheese polypore,fungus,mushroom Click/tap to enlarge

White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus

Squishy, white, kidney-shaped fruiting body. It felt like a cross between cheese and a marshmallow. No odor was detected.

Habitat: Growing on a birch snag in a deciduous forest.

White Cheese Polypore - Tyromyces chioneus Squishy, white, kidney-shaped fruiting body. It felt like a cross between cheese and a marshmallow. No odor was detected.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Growing on a birch snag in a deciduous forest.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/68420/white_cheese_polypore_-_tyromyces_chioneus.html Fall,Geotagged,Tyromyces chioneus,United States,White cheese polypore,fungus,mushroom

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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 29, 2018. Captured Oct 28, 2018 11:42 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/166s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm
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