Polypores - Non-fleshy texture, stems central or lateral

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Some species in this sub-group produce fruitbodies with caps that are thin and leathery, but pliable, whereas other species produce fruitbodies with thick, corky and unpliable caps.

In the following hints you see examples of useful identification features and a few of the more commonly seen genera in which at least some species (not necessarily all) show those features.

Hints

On wood; pores radially elongated: Polyporus.

On wood; whitish cap to a centimetre or so in diameter: Panellus.

On soil; thin, brown, concentrically banded cap: Coltricia.

On soil; thick cap, brown on upper side & with white pores that bruise red: Amauroderma.

Warning

If you think you have a small-pored member of this sub-group, it pays to check with a magnifying glass or hand lens. Some species of the Caps on stems; teeth below caps group produce leathery fruitbodies in which the teeth are so densely packed that, at first glance, you might think the underside has small pores.

Polypores - Non-fleshy texture, stems central or lateral

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Lentinus arcularius (Fringed Polypore) at Gundaroo, NSW by ConBoekel

Lentinus arcularius (Fringed Polypore) at Green Cape, NSW by Hejor1

Lentinus arcularius (Fringed Polypore) at Throsby, ACT by TimL

Lentinus arcularius (Fringed Polypore) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1

Lentinus arcularius (Fringed Polypore) at Watson, ACT by sbittinger

Lentinus arcularius (Fringed Polypore) at Kambah, ACT by LinePerrins

Lentinus arcularius (Fringed Polypore) at Ebor, NSW by Csteele4

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LinePerrins wrote:

3 Dec 2024

@JTran .. thank you, I'll bear that in mind for next time.

Lentinus arcularius

JTran wrote:

3 Dec 2024

Next time be sure to get a clear photo of the underside as it is useful in identification. In this case, the pores are just visible on the underside of some of the ones in the background.

Lentinus arcularius

Heino1 wrote:

21 Nov 2024

I wonder if this is Pseudoinonotus australiensis (previously in Inonotus, the change in 2022). I’ve seen it just once when I collected it in the Gloucester area of NSW. If you look at the GBIF results for this species (https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2521228) you’ll see that they record only seven other collections, held at the Oslo fungarium. Of course there are probably more elsewhere that either don’t get into GBIF or are misidentified. When I collected mine I assumed it was a large Coltricia. Here (https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/4422619303) you can see a photo of an isotype collection. In this species the underside is not white when fresh and it doesn’t bleed red if you run your fingernail across it.

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Heino1 wrote:

19 Nov 2024

Next time you see this species, check out the underside: Lentinus arcularius (Fringed Polypore)

Lentinus arcularius

KylieWaldon wrote:

30 Sep 2024

TYVM Heino1! It was memorable for me even though its widespread. My friends ask me why I take a compact with me going bush. I say its for the fungi and they look at me oddly!

Lentinus arcularius