Thin Walled Maze Polypore - Daedaleopsis confragosa
Thin cap with bumpy zones of white, brown, and tan colors. The pore surface, which had elongated, maze-like pores, bruised when I pressed on it.
Habitat: Growing on a fallen tree in a mostly coniferous (but with some hardwood) forest.
"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 Jan 9, 2019. Captured Sep 5, 2018 08:52 in 1563 Post Rd, Wells, ME 04090, USA.
