28/Sep/25, 3:06 PM
Soodla jõgi, Harju, Eesti
Mixed (conifer dominant) forest, under spruces, in mossy soil
59°23'14.5"N 25°23'29.9"E
🌡️ 13°C 🌥️ Broken clouds 💨 Wind 70° ENE->WSW, 19 km/h
Original Instagram postAlbatrellus ovinus
sheep polypore
- Scientific identification
- Albatrellus ovinus (Schaeff.) Kotl. & Pouzar
- Family
- Albatrellaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Albatrellus
Names across languages
- English: sheep polypore
- German: Schaf-Porling
- Finnish: Lampaankääpä
- Estonian: Harilik lambaseenik
- Russian: Трутовик овечий
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2025-09-28.
Hymenium
Pores, small and round (≈2–5/mm), white to creamy or pale yellow; pores may become slightly angular near stipe
Cap
Convex to flat or shallowly depressed, surface smooth when young, often developing areolate pattern in maturity; color white to off-white, buff with age
Hymenium Attachment
Decurrent pores (pores extend down the stipe)
Stipe
Central or slightly off-center, color whitish to tan; smooth to faintly velvety; may be stout or thick
Spore print
Spore print white
Ecology
Ectomycorrhizal with conifers, terrestrial, occurs in clusters, august to october
Edibility
Edible (young, properly cooked), slimy or laxative effect reported
Fruit body
Fruit body large, stipe 3–10 cm long, 1–4 cm thick
Dimensions
Cap ~4–20 cm
Flesh
Cut surface slowly turns yellowish, then greenish, then turns gray
Chemical reactions
Flesh turns dirty golden yellow with KOH application
Odour
Indistinct
Taste
Mild
Microscopy
Spores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, smooth, ~4.0–5.0×2.5–3.5µm, inamyloid, often with a germ pore, no clamp connections
Overview
Fleshy polypore found beneath conifers, with a white-to-buff cracked cap, decurrent white pores, and a stout stipe
1957). ČEská Mykol. 11(3): 154.
Field encounters
Source hashtags
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