🍄 Family

Polyporaceae — Bracket Fungus Family

56 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Polyporales › Polyporaceae

Vanderbylia fraxinea is a poroid pathogenic fungus in Polyporaceae that infects ash trees.

Poriella subacida is a pathogenic poroid fungus in Polyporaceae that infects Douglas firs, first described in 1885 by C.H. Peck.

Polyporus australiensis is a bracket fungus with a strong persistent curry smell when old or dry, found growing on fire-charred logs.

Rhodonia placenta is a fungus with effused poroid fruiting bodies, a monomitic hyphal system, and cylindrical spores.

Microporellus obovatus is a poroid fungus in Polyporaceae found across multiple regions worldwide.

Lentinus fasciatus Berk. is a saprotrophic wood-decaying fungus found across parts of Australia, Africa, and Oceania.

Phellinus arctostaphyli, the manzanita conk, is a poorly studied North American shelf fungus that colonizes specific woody shrubs.

Lentinus levis is an edible saprotrophic agaric that grows on dead hardwood in warm climates, collected for food by Mexico's Huichol people.

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