Brown-staining Cheese Polypore Fuscopostia fragilis (Fr.) B.K. Cui, L.L. Shen & Y.C. Dai    Synonyms: Polyporus fragilis, Tyromyces fragilis.
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Agaricomycetes   >   Order Polyporales   >   Family Fomitopsidaceae   >   Genus Fuscopostia   

Description:

Brown-staining Cheese Polypore is a spongy shelf fungus with a white to buff upper surface. Surfaces stain red or brown when bruised. It is found on decaying conifers.

There are 4 records in the project database.

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Brown-staining Cheese Polypore in Carroll Co., Maryland (10/7/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Brown-staining Cheese Polypore in Carroll Co., Maryland (10/7/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Brown-staining Cheese Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (7/28/2010). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Brown-staining Cheese Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (7/28/2010). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Brown-staining Cheese Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (7/28/2010). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Brown-staining Cheese Polypore in Carroll Co., Maryland (10/7/2020). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)


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