Yellow-red Gill Polypore
Gloeophyllum sepiarium (Wulfen) P. A. Karsten
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Rusty Gilled Polypore 
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Found solitary, in groups, or in rosettes on decaying wood (usually conifers).

Description

Fruiting body: Yellow-red to reddish-brown with white/light yellow margin; irregular, wavy; zoned; dorsal surface covered with short, stiff hairs giving a matted or felted feel; fan-shaped; flesh yellow to rusty brown. Pores: Golden to rusty-brown; gill-like to labyrinthine (often both), sometimes with elongated pores (J. Solem, pers. comm.). Flesh turns black with application of KOH (L. Biechele, pers. comm.).

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Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gloeophyllales
Family: Gloeophyllaceae
Genus: Gloeophyllum
Species:
G. sepiarium
Binomial name
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
(Wulfen) P. Karst., (1879)
Synonyms

Agaricus asserculorum Batsch, (1783)
Agaricus boletiformis Sowerby, (1809)
Agaricus sepiarius Wulfen, (1786)
Agaricus undulatus Hoffm., (1797)
Daedalea confragosa var. tricolor (Fr.) Domanski, Orlos & Skirg., (1967)
Daedalea sepiaria (Wulfen) Fr., (1821)
Daedalea ungulata Lloyd, (1915)
Gloeophyllum ungulatum (Lloyd) Imazeki, (1943)
Lenzites argentina Speg., (1898)
Lenzites sepiaria (Wulfen) Fr., (1889)
Merulius sepiarius (Wulfen) Schrank, (1789)

Gloeophyllum sepiarium, the rusty gilled polypore, is a wood decay fungus that causes a brown rot. Gloeophyllum sepiarium grows in thin, dark brown/green brackets on dead conifers. Often found on wood in lumberyards, the fruiting body grows for only one year, and produces spores in late summer and autumn. Its hymenial surface is distinctive from other polypores due to the presence of gills. Gloeophyllum sepiarium is inedible.[1]

The cap is 2–15cm wide, loosely fan-shaped, brown with a yellow-orange margin during growth, velvety then smooth, and leathery with a mild odor and taste.[2] The spores are white, cylindrical, and smooth.[2]

Similar species include Daedalea quercina, Lenzites betulina, and Trametes versicolor.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  2. ^ a b c Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
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Gloeophyllum sepiarium
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Gills on hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

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