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pycnoporus cinnabarinus
Ecology: Saprobic on the dead wood of hardwoods (usually with bark still adnate) and rarely on the wood of conifers; causing a white rot; annual; spring through fall, or over winter in warm climates; widely distributed in North America. Fruiting Body: Semicircular to kidney-shaped; planoconvex; 2-13 cm across; up to 2 cm thick; upper surface finely hairy to suedelike, becoming roughened or nearly smooth (often pocked in age), bright reddish orange to dull orangish with age; undersurface bright reddish orange, with 2-4 round to angular (or sometimes slot-like) pores per mm, occasionally extending onto the substrate below the cap; tubes to 5 mm deep; stem absent; flesh tough, reddish to pale orange. ( http://www.mushroomexpert.com/pycnoporus... )
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus is a plant pathogen. Its fruiting body is a bright orange shelf fungus. It is common in many areas and is widely distributed throughout the world
this polypore is known as medical mushroom
Spotted on Oct 23, 2011
Submitted on Oct 24, 2011
3 Comments
Looks remarkably like our sulphur shelf until you look underneath; also looks like it tends to be smaller than the chicken-of-the-woods.
thanks, will come some more when i find the time to upload!
Nice - you have an excellent spotting!