| Albatrellus flettii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Albatrellaceae |
| Genus: | Albatrellus |
| Species: | A. flettii |
| Binomial name | |
| Albatrellus flettii | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
Albatrellus flettii, commonly known as the blue-capped polypore, [5] is a species of fungus in the family Albatrellaceae.
The species was originally described in 1941 by Elizabeth Eaton Morse as Polyporus flettii, [6] but this naming was invalid as it lacked a Latin description. Zdeněk Pouzar transferred it to Albatrellus in 1972.
The bluish to tan caps are 5–20 centimetres (2–8 in) wide [5] and often include a pattern of small cracks revealing the light flesh. There are 1–4 white pores per millimetre, staining reddish with age. The tubes are decurrent and up to 7 mm long. [5] The stalk is up to 15 cm long and 4 cm thick, solid, pale in youth and ochraceous in age. [5] The spore print is white. [7]
Similar species include the typically smaller Neoalbatrellus caeruleoporus and N. subcaeruleoporus, as well as Osteina obducta and members of Polyozellus . [7]
The species is found in western North America, where it grows on the ground in coniferous forests. [8]
Albatrellus flettii | |
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 | Pores on hymenium |
  | Cap is convex or depressed |
 | Hymenium is decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is edible |
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