Polyporus

Notes

Fruiting body appearance superficially resembles a stalked gilled mushroom or a small bolete, but the texture is much firmer; the lower surface of the cap has pores. There are at least 10 species in NZ, but the most common is P. arcularius.

 

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Polyporus arcularius

Forming on fallen twigs or branches. Fruiting body has a central stalk to 7 cm long; cap to 2.5 cm diam., often with concentrically arranged dark scales on the brown upper surface, and sometimes depressed in the centre. At margin a fringe of project