PORE FUNGI 



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Polyporus umbellatus Funnel Tuft 



Caps 1-4 cm. wide, in dense tufts 15-20 cm. wide, smoky, yellowish or reddish, 

 smooth, tough-fleshy, regular, more or less depressed and funnel-form; stems 1- 

 3 X /2-2 cm., often forking at the top, joined into a dense mass at the hase ; pores 

 small, white. The name refers to the umbrella-like tops. 



On decaying wood and stumps; well-flavored. 



Polyporus frondosus Fan Tuft 



Caps 1-5 cm. wide, tufts 15-30 cm. wide, gray to smoky, wrinkled or smooth, 

 firm-fleshy, fan-shaped, lobed and variously irregular ; stems grown together into a 



Figure 60. Polyporus squamosus 



dense mass, or more or less separate; pores very small, white. The name refers to 

 the leaf-like cap. 



On decaying stumps and roots ; tender when young, and well-flavored. 



Polyporus sulphureus Sulphur Polyporus 



Caps 10-20 cm. wide, yellowish, reddisli yellow or orange, undulate on top. 

 smooth, fleshy-spongy, fan-shaped or shelf-shaped, imbricated, more or less lobed and 

 irregular ; stem usually lacking, or short and lateral ; pores small, sulphur-col- 

 ored ; spores clear, ovoid, slightly roughened, 7-8 X +"5/J- The name refers to 

 the color. 



(")n decaying stumps and on trunks of living trees ; delicious when fresh. 



