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Polyporus tuberaster
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P. tuberaster
Binomial name
Polyporus tuberaster
(Jacq.) Fr. (1815)
Polyporus tuberaster
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Pores on hymenium
Cap is offset
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

Polyporus tuberaster is a species of fungi in the genus Polyporus.

Description

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Fruitbodies solitary or in small groups, on horizontal surfaces centrally stalked, on vertical surfaces laterally stalked. Cap round or kidney-shaped, convex or somewhat funnel-shaped, 2-12 cm diameter, 0.5-1.5 cm thick, fleshy when fresh; upper surface pale brown or straw-colored, with roughly concentric zones of brown scales dark and pointed at their tips; lower surface white or cream, pores angular or elongated, 1-2 mm diameter. Stalk 3-8 x 0.5 x 1.5 cm, straight or curved, whitish or pale ochraceous, finely hairy. Found on branches of deciduous trees and shrubs.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ellis, J. B.; Ellis, Martin B. (1990). Fungi without gills (hymenomycetes and gasteromycetes): an identification handbook. London: Chapman and Hall. p. 158. ISBN 0-412-36970-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)