Weeping Polypore
by MaryLee Parker
Title
Weeping Polypore
Artist
MaryLee Parker
Medium
Mixed Media - Photograph
Description
Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum (Polyporus resinosus)
Identification: Clusters of shelf-like fruit bodies; surface dark brown and velvety with a broad white margin; amber drops of a watery fluid on the surface when fresh
Season of fruiting: Summer-fall
Ecosystem function: Decay of hardwoods, causes a white rot of
sapwood and heartwood that causes the annual rings to separate Edibility: Inedible
Fungal note: e pores of older fruit bodies break up into tooth-like spines and the entire fruit body becomes brittle. e fruit body has an anise-like odor. A very similar form of this species occurs on conifers.
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July 12th, 2017
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Skip Willits
A well executed portrait of this site that most of us would pass by without a thought...nicely done.
Skip Willits
A well executed portrait of this site that most of us would pass by without a thought...nicely done.
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