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Key 6
Polypores
Does the spore bearing surface consist of free tubes? ...............
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Yes |
Does the spore bearing surface consist of pores as
united tubes with flesh between them?
Yes |
You have a Fistulina hepatica |
Does it have a hoof-like to shelf-like appearance? ...............
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Yes |
Is it stalked; single or several caps, sometimes very
large or convex without stalk, often imbricate and shelf-like?
Yes |
Is the cap surface rough, uneven or not shellacked;
shaped like a hoof or shelf?
Yes |
Is the cap surface smooth, appearing shellacked;
shelf-like? .......................
Yes |
Is the surface rough and cracked?
Yes |
Is the cap surface smooth?
Yes |
Does the cap have a conspicuous red band near its
margin?
Yes |
Is the cap without a red band, rough to deep cracked?
Yes |
You have a Fomus pinicola |
Is the cap surface rough, brown; grows on conifer wood?
Yes |
Is the cap surface deeply cracked; grows on hardwoods?
Yes |
Is it blackish-brown; growing on locust?
Yes |
Is it grayish-black to black; growing on hardwoods?
Yes |
You have a Fomus igniarius |
Is the cap surface dull gray-brown to gray;
hoofed-shaped? .............
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Yes |
Is the cap surface brown, usually shelf-like or nearly
flat with a small upturned cup?
Yes |
You have a Fomus tomentarius |
You have a Fomus igniarius |
Is the cap surface red to orange with white to brown
flesh?
Yes |
Is the cap surface brown? .............
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Yes |
Is the cap red; the flesh white? ...................
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Yes |
Is the cap orange-red; flesh light brown?
Yes |
You have a Ganoderma tsugag |
You have a Ganoderma lucidum |
You have a Ganoderma
applanatum
(Artist's Fungus) |
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