03/Aug/24, 6:21 PM
Treppoja Cascade, Kloogaranna, Harjumaa, Estonia
In mixed forest, on tree remains buried on forest soil
59°21'07.0"N 24°16'00.0"E
🔆 Forest shade, sunny still weather, evening sun
Original Instagram postPostia tephroleuca
greyling bracket
- Scientific identification
- Postia tephroleuca (Fr.) Jülich
- Family
- Fomitopsidaceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Postia
Names across languages
- English: greyling bracket
- German: Grauweißer Saftporling
- Estonian: Kuusetümak
- Russian: Постия пепельно-белая
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-08-03.
Hymenium
Poroid
Cap
Semi-circular to fan-shaped, surface smooth to slightly rough, white to greyish or pale brown.
Hymenium Attachment
Adnate
Stipe
N/A (Typically sessile)
Spore print
Spore Print is White
Ecology
Saprobic; grows on dead conifer wood, particularly pine and spruce.
Edibility
Inedible
Fruit body
Fruit Body is ip to 10 cm wide and 3 cm thick
Dimensions
up to 10 cm wide
Microscopy
Spores are cylindrical to ellipsoid, smooth, hyaline, 3.5-5 x 1.5-2 μm.
Odour
Odour is soft
Overview
Known for its large, semi-circular to fan-shaped fruit bodies that can grow up to 20 cm wide and 5 cm thick. The cap surface is velvety and typically white to pale cream, sometimes turning brownish with age. It has a poroid hymenium with white pores and a white spore print.
1982). Persoonia 11(4): 424.
Field encounters
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