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Key 6.1
Polypores
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Is there a stalk; single or several caps, sometimes
very large? ...............................
Yes |
Does it have a convex cap;
no stalk; often imbricate and shelf-like? Yes |
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Is the stalk central and well-developed with one or
several caps?
Yes |
Does it have short lateral
stalk with angular to hexagonal pores? ...................... Yes |
| Does it have a single cap from a central
stalk?
Yes |
Does it have multiple caps from a central
stalk?
Yes |
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Is the cap tan; stalk with black foot; grows on
hardwood?
Yes |
Is the cap dark
brown; stalk yellow-brown? Yes |
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Is the cap margin lined with hairs; pores large?
Yes |
Is the cap margin smooth,
pores small? Yes |
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You have a
Favolus alveolaris
or
Polyporus squamous |
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Is it colored other than sulfur yellow?
Yes |
Is it sulfur yellow,
glabrous? ............................ Yes |
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Does it have many separate gray-brown caps on white
stalks; white pores?
Yes |
Does it have fused rusty,
hairy caps; greenish-yellow pores? ...................
................... Yes |
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You have a P. schweinitzi |
| Are the pores lilac to purplish, usually
dense, imbricate?
Yes |
Are the pores another
color, single to overlapping? Yes |
| Is it found on hardwood logs and stumps?
Yes |
Is the found on conifer
logs and stumps? Yes |
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You have a P. paragamenus |
| Is the cap without stalk, often imbricate and
shelf-like; pores another color other than lilac to purplish; singular
or overlapping?
Yes |
| Are the pores to 0.1" wide, irregular
or arranged gill-like?
Yes |
Are the pores minute,
round, pure white or smoky-gray? Yes |
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You have a Lenzites saepiaria |
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You have a Daedalea quercina |
| Is the cap multicolored; red, yellow, and
blue zones; pores minute, pure white, grows in dense clusters on
hardwood?
Yes |
Is the cap minutely hairy,
smoky-gray; pores gray to smoky-gray? .....................
........... .......................... Yes |
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