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Schizopora paradoxa.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Schiefer Eggenpilz, Split Porecrust
Schizopora paradoxa Mushroom
Ref No: 8891
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream
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 wood

Schizopora paradoxa (Schrad. ex Fr.) Donk syn. Irpex paradoxus (Schrad. ex Fr.) Fr. syn. I. obliquus (Schrad. ex Fr.) Fr. syn. Poria versipora (Pers.) Lloyd syn. Xylodon versipora (Pers.) Bond. Schiefer Eggenpilz Split Porecrust. Fruit body resupinate, initially in small circular patches later fusing to cover large irregularly shaped areas, white to creamy-ochre. Tubes 1–5mm long. Pores 1–4 per mm, circular, oblong, angular or maze-like. Spores hyaline, ovoid, 4–6 x 3–3.5um. Hyphal structure of tubes dimitic; generative hyphae with rather distinct walls and clamp-connections. Habitat on dead wood, usually of deciduous trees. Season all year. Very common. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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