Polyporus tuberaster | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Polyporus |
Species: | P. tuberaster
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Binomial name | |
Polyporus tuberaster (Jacquin ex Persoon) Fries 1821
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Polyporus tuberaster, commonly known as the tuberous polypore [1] [2] or stone fungus, [3] is a species of fungus in the genus Polyporus. [4] It is easily identified by the fact that it grows from a large sclerotium that can resemble buried wood or a potato. [5]
The yellow-brown cap is 4–15 cm wide, and ranges from convex to flat and even funnel-shaped. [6] The whitish stalks can grow upwards of 10 cm high and 2–4 cm wide. [6] The spores are white. [6]
The species is edible but also tough. [6]
Polyporus tuberaster | |
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Pores on hymenium | |
Cap is depressed or umbilicate | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is white | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is edible |
Polyporus tuberaster | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Polyporus |
Species: | P. tuberaster
|
Binomial name | |
Polyporus tuberaster (Jacquin ex Persoon) Fries 1821
|
Polyporus tuberaster, commonly known as the tuberous polypore [1] [2] or stone fungus, [3] is a species of fungus in the genus Polyporus. [4] It is easily identified by the fact that it grows from a large sclerotium that can resemble buried wood or a potato. [5]
The yellow-brown cap is 4–15 cm wide, and ranges from convex to flat and even funnel-shaped. [6] The whitish stalks can grow upwards of 10 cm high and 2–4 cm wide. [6] The spores are white. [6]
The species is edible but also tough. [6]
Polyporus tuberaster | |
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Pores on hymenium | |
Cap is depressed or umbilicate | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is white | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is edible |