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Quinine Conk

Fomitopsis officinalis

Description:

Very tough thick shelf-like caps.

Habitat:

growing on a tree stump

Notes:

Beautiful when beaded with water droplets. very smooth surface rules out Oxyporus populinus Other "common names" include Larch polypore, Quinine fungus,

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3 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Finally an explanation. I ask this same question regarding this spotting:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/704...
Thank you Jim; and thank you brettpim for the cool spotting that the mystery solved.

brettpim
brettpim 12 years ago

Thanks for this note; I have always wondered about the water droplets

JimCornish
JimCornish 12 years ago

These water droplet are an example of guttation, the appearance of water drops on leaves and mushrooms as a result of metabolic activity. It is most commonly visible on humid days. Another common polypore in Canada that produces this is the red belted polypore.

brettpim
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brettpim

Québec, Canada

Spotted on Sep 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 17, 2011

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