Gilled Polypore

Description:

Although it is a member of the Polyporales order, its fruiting bodies have gills instead of pores, which distinguishes it from the superficially similar Trametes versicolor or Trametes hirsutum. Research has shown that it has several medicinal properties, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, antitumor, and immunosuppressive activities

Habitat:

Saprobic on the deadwood of hardwoods and, occasionally, conifers (originally named betulina by Fries, in Sweden, on the basis of its association with birch--demonstrated in Irene Andersson's photo of the species in Sweden--but later discovered to be cosmopolitan in its host preferences); annual; growing alone or in overlapping clusters on logs and stumps; producing a white to straw-colored rot of the sapwood; summer and fall; widely distributed in North America.

Notes:

Spotted along a hiking trail at Camp Windy Waters on Lake Allatoona Add'l web sit eref: http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/D...