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Spongipellis pachyodon.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

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  • Spongipellis pachydon Mushroom
    Ref No: 8919
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    location: North America
    edibility: Inedible
    fungus colour: White to cream
    normal size: over 15cm
    cap type: Other
    stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows on wood

    Spongipellis pachyodon (Pers.) Kotlaba & Pouz. Fruit body 5-20cm across, crust-like or spreading on surface of logs, often many smaller patches or caps fused together into sheets. If fruit body is projecting, cap-like, then upper surface is finely tomentose, cream colored; lower surface with tooth-like or flattened-spiny projections up to 12mm long, white to cream color. Flesh tough, corky; white. Odor mild. Taste mild. Spores oval, smooth, 5.5-7.5 x 5-6µ. Deposit white. Habitat on fallen logs of maple, oak, and beech. Found widely distributed throughout North America. Season July-October. Not edible.

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