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Microporellus dealbatus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

Microporellus dealbatus Mushroom
Ref No: 8069
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: Light to dark brown
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground, Grows on wood

Microporellus dealbatus (Berk. & Curt.) Murr. syn. Polyporus dealbatus Berk. & Curt. Cap 2-10cm across, circular to kidney-shaped or fan-shaped; gray-brown to liver brown with numerous concentric zones of color; minutely velvety or scurfy-hairy. Tubes 1-4mm deep. Pores 6-7 per mm, angular, entire; flesh-colored, drying darker. Stem 50-70 x 5-l0mm, lateral or eccentric; same color as cap; drying hard and rigid. Flesh tough, drying very hard; white. Spores ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid, smooth, 5-6 x 4-5µ. Habitat on the ground, probably attached to buried wood. Very common. Found in southeastern North America. Season] June-September. Not edible.

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