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Pycnoporus cinnabarinus
Bracket fungus, ca 2-2.5 cm across. Caps rough with crevices, dull orange. Undersurface bright reddish orange, with 2-4 angular (pores per mm) and a few slot-like pores, occasionally extending onto the substrate below the cap; tubes ca. 5 mm deep; stem absent; flesh tough, reddish to pale orange. Growing around grass/twigs. No distinct odor.
Growing on fallen oak branch (approximately 5-6 inches diameter) with bark attached, in open, predominantly deciduous woods at on south-facing, dry slope to ridge above small year-round creek.
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Spotted on Jan 7, 2017
Submitted on Mar 20, 2017
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