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Winter polypore

Polyporus brumalis

Genus Lentinus. Family Polyporaceae. Order Polyporales.

Winter polypore — Photographs 1
Winter polypore.
Photo: Henk Monster / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0

Description

The winter polypore (Polyporus brumalis) is a small polypore with a central stem: the cap is round and greyish-brown, the pores white and fine. It grows on dead wood of broad-leaved trees; the fruit bodies appear in late autumn and persist through the winter, which gives the species its name. Translated from the Russian-language Wikipedia.

Traits

Edibility
Inedible

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Source: Wikipedia (Russian)