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Meruliopsis taxicola.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Meruliopsis taxicola Mushroom
Ref No: 8060
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood

Meruliopsis taxicola (Pers.) Bond. Fruit body forming large resupinate patches, surface poroid-merulioid, waxy. Pores white to pinkish darkening on bruising or with age to reddish-brown or almost black, the margin remaining white. Spores curved-cylindric, 3–7 x 1–1.5um. Habitat on conifer wood. Season all year. Rare. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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