#polypores

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[wild-e-eep]

Konks for sale! 1 careful owner (deceased)

[lichenaday]

Whoa, that's a lot of good fungus. None of them lichens, but still very good. The top 2 pictures look like a tiny Schizophyllum, and the rest are various crust polypores. As mentioned in my previous Ask, I recommend uploading these to iNaturalist! It can help with ID, and help other folks in your area recognize these species when they come across them. Also I love the pubby in the background who is also very interested in the stick. Tell them they are doing a good job, from me.

[oakcricket]

a bunch of mushrooms!!

i’m starting school again and with that my posts on here will be less frequent, but thank you guys for supporting my little blog!! it has been wonderful sharing my photos and artwork and finding a little community on here, and i hope to continue sharing with this community as much as i can!

see you soon :]

~cricket

[mushroomgay]

London, UK, October 2023

Blackening polypore (Meripilus giganteus)

This large, common polypore can be distinguished from its (luckily entirely edible, or simple inedible rather than poisonous) potential confusions by its distinctive bruising - press hard on its surface (or simply handle it and wait a few moments) and it bruises a dark brownish black.

It's one of my favourite wild edibles. Some people complain of its somewhat sour taste, but I find boiling it in water and (vegan) butter and then draining it removes this entirely. It has a pleasant, fibrous texture, similar to meat or dried mango, and I like to use this to make a vegan pulled pork, here served in homemade bao buns. It was my first time making them - they were denser than they're meant to be, unclear if that was because they were gluten free or I over-proofed them. They're delicious as a vehicle for bbq sauce, though.

[oliviarosaline]

Little Nest Polypore

Trametes conchifer Syn. Poronidulus conchifer

This adorable tiny polypore species was on a hardwood twig in old growth bottomland woods near the Meramec River.

Arnold, Jefferson County, Missouri, USA

Aug. 18th, 2023

Olivia R. Myers

@oliviarosaline

[plagiomnium]

Fomitopsis pinicola / Red-belted conk / Rødrandkjuke

[rattyexplores]

Lovely orange polypores growing on a twig.

14/09/23 - Trametes sp.

QLD:CQC, Woppa (Great Keppel Island), dry woodland

[radinthelavish]

Hi, today I made a walk in the forest. I found some fungi and mushrooms that looken interesting and I thought you might like them as well.

I am no specialist. I just like nature.

Polypores

And one I never saw here: Tremella mesenterica (common names include yellow brain, golden jelly fungus, yellow trembler, and witches' butter)

Feel free to corect me.

[briery]

Guttation from a red-belted polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola) in a Swedish forest.

[woodlnds]

various fungus and forest pics I took from today not including the bear I ran into but I’m good

13/12/23

[lindagoesmushrooming]

Baloži peat bog, Latvia

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Trametes versicolor--Turkeytail

I think anyway. It helps to know that we absolutely have not classified all fungi out there. I have photos I've posted to mycology forums and no one knows what they are. Photos are mine, unedited.

Turkeytail isn't so much "edible" (too tough) as consumable--the typical use is to steep it for a bitter but medicinal tisane as it's believed to boost the immune system (it's not poisonous, but use your judgment on that). They can also be put into soup, like bay leaves.

Word of ethics: leave a third of the young ones you find, and only if there are a lot.

[trevlad-sounds]

For the birds 013

09.08.2024

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[oakcricket]

giant polypores

[mushroomgay]

Abernethy Forest, Scotland, August 2023

Birch polypore (Fomitopsis betulina)

This amazing fungus has been used for thousands of years as medicine for the immune system, as antiseptic bandages, as tinder, and even to sharpen razors.

It has a number of incredible properties, including being an antiviral, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and anti-fungal. It also contains betulinic acid, which can cause the destruction of cancer cells while not affecting healthy cells.

The one in the first picture is the perfect age for harvesting - young, not yet tough, and not yet opened out into a large hoof- or shelf-shaped body.

I dried out these young ones on a sunny windowsill and will be using them to make tea.