24/Feb/2024, 12:02 PM
Kadrioru park, Tallinn, Estonia
On base of mossy Norway maple (Acer platanoides) trunk
59.440125° N, 24.795569° E
🔆 Severe overcast before mild rain
Original Instagram postOxyporus populinus
Mossy maple polypore
- Scientific identification
- Oxyporus populinus (Schumach.) Donk
- Family
- Schizoporaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Oxyporus
Names across languages
- English: Mossy maple polypore
- German: Treppenförmiger steifporling
- Estonian: Vahtratarjak
- Russian: Оксипорус тополёвый
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-02-24.
Hymenium
Features a smooth, white to cream underside where the spores are produced, unique among polypores for being soft and leathery rather than hard or woody.
Cap
5-15 cm in diameter. Flat to slightly convex, soft, and typically pale to medium orange or salmon pink, with a velvety to slightly fuzzy texture.
Hymenium Attachment
Attached directly to the wood substrate, often appearing as a lateral extension with no distinct stipe.
Stipe
Absent or rudimentary, not distinct from the cap.
Description
Spore pring is white.
Ecology
Saprobic, growing exclusively on dead or dying wood of mapple trees (Acer spp.).
Edibility
Inedible due to its tough and leathery texture.
Fruit body
Typically 5-15 cm across and 1-3 cm thick.
Microscopy
Spores are cylindrical to allantoid, smooth, 3-5 x 1-1.5 µm.
Odour
Mild or not distinctive.
Overview
Notable for its association with mapple trees and its unique soft, leathery texture that sets it apart from many other polypores.
1933). Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 9: 204.
Field encounters
Source hashtags
#fungi #photo #iphone12 #oxyporuspopulinus #mossymaplepolypore #vahtratarjak #oxyporus #tarjak #macro #mushroom #polypore #tallinn #mycology #naturephotography #maplepolypore #mushroomhunt #estonia #seened #estoniafungi #fungiphoto #fungistudy #treppenförmigersteifporling #steifporling #pilze #seenefotod #pilzefotografieren #фотогрибов #champignon
Back to the collection · Photography and field notes by @fungarium.info