Polypores - Non-fleshy texture, stems central or lateral


Some species in this sub-group produce fruitbodies with caps that are thin and leathery, but pliable, whereas other species produce fruitbodies with thick, corky and unpliable caps.

In the following hints you see examples of useful identification features and a few of the more commonly seen genera in which at least some species (not necessarily all) show those features.

Hints

On wood; pores radially elongated: Polyporus.

On wood; whitish cap to a centimetre or so in diameter: Panellus.

On soil; thin, brown, concentrically banded cap: Coltricia.

On soil; thick cap, brown on upper side & with white pores that bruise red: Amauroderma.

Warning

If you think you have a small-pored member of this sub-group, it pays to check with a magnifying glass or hand lens. Some species of the Caps on stems; teeth below caps group produce leathery fruitbodies in which the teeth are so densely packed that, at first glance, you might think the underside has small pores.


Polypores - Non-fleshy texture, stems central or lateral

Announcements

2 Jul 2025

We're pleased to let you know that NatureMapr Data Collector 6.3.0 has just gone live for both Android and iOS.This important update for the mobile app includes:Ability to re-order images!Numerous bug...


Continue reading

Platform consolidation and impact to regional functionality

Improvements to Search

NatureMapr 2025 partner update presented to Commonwealth DCCEEW

New feature: special fields for collections

Discussion

GlossyGal wrote:
1 Jul 2025
🙏🏻

zz Polypore (cap and stem)
Teresa wrote:
1 Jul 2025
Your suggested ID is usually found on soil rather than on wood, so I'm suggesting a polypore manybe something like a Postia spp.

zz Polypore (cap and stem)
Heinol wrote:
27 Jun 2025
Possibly a species of Laccocephalum

zz Polypore (cap and stem)
Heinol wrote:
25 Jun 2025
I'll follow Pam.

Laccocephalum sclerotinium
Heinol wrote:
25 Jun 2025
Again, I'll follow Pam on this.

Laccocephalum sp.
828,778 sightings of 22,773 species from 14,323 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made