Gloeophyllum sepiarium

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Gloeophyllum sepiarium
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gloeophyllales
Family: Gloeophyllaceae
Genus: Gloeophyllum
Species:
G. sepiarium
Binomial name
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
(Wulfen) P. Karst., (1879)
Synonyms

Agaricus asserculorumBatsch, (1783)
Agaricus boletiformisSowerby, (1809)
Agaricus sepiariusWulfen, (1786)
Agaricus undulatusHoffm., (1797)
Daedalea confragosa var. tricolor(Fr.) Domanski, Orlos & Skirg., (1967)
Daedalea sepiaria(Wulfen) Fr., (1821)
Daedalea ungulataLloyd, (1915)
Gloeophyllum ungulatum(Lloyd) Imazeki, (1943)
Lenzites argentinaSpeg., (1898)
Lenzites sepiaria(Wulfen) Fr., (1889)
Merulius sepiarius(Wulfen) Schrank, (1789)

Contents

Gloeophyllum sepiarium, the rusty gilled polypore, [1] is a wood decay fungus that causes a brown rot.

Description

The cap is 1.5–15 centimetres (12–6 in) wide, loosely fan-shaped, brown with a yellow-orange margin during growth, velvety then smooth, and leathery with a mild odor and taste. [2] The tissue darkens in KOH. [1] The flesh is tannish. [1]

The gills are adnate and close, light when fresh and darker both near the wood and in age. [3] The spores are white, cylindrical, and smooth. [2] The spore print is white. [3]

The fruiting body grows for only one year, and produces spores in late summer and autumn. Its hymenial surface is distinctive from other polypores due to the presence of gills.

The species is inedible. [4]

Similar species

Similar species include G. trabeum , Daedaleopsis confragosa , [3] Daedalea quercina , Lenzites betulina , [2] Trametes betulina , [3] and T. versicolor. [2]

Habitat and distribution

It grows on dead conifers, both in the wild and on lumber. [3]

It is found throughout North America. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 590. ISBN   978-0-89815-170-1.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 344. ISBN   978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC   797915861.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 205. ISBN   978-0-593-31998-7.
  4. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 312. ISBN   978-1-55407-651-2.
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Information icon.svg
Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
No cap icon.svgNo distinct cap
NA cap icon.svg Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
NA cap icon.svgLacks a stipe
Transparent spore print icon.svg
Spore print is white
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Inedible.pngEdibility is inedible