Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Polyporales: Polyporaceae: Cerrena unicolor (Bull.) Murrill

Cerrena unicolor – Mossy Maze Polypore

Synonyms: Agaricus cinereus, Antrodia incana, Boletus unicolor, Bulliardia grisea, Bulliardia nigrozonata, Bulliardia unicolor, Cerrena cinerea, Coriolus unicolor, Daedalea cinerea, Daedalea cinerera, Daedalea grisea, Daedalea incana, Daedalea latissima, Daedalea lobata, Daedalea nigrozonata, Daedalea unicolor, Daedaleopsis incana, Lenzites cinerea, Lenzites unicolor, Phyllodontia magnusii, Phyllodontia unicolor, Physisporus latissimus, Polyporus latissimus, Sistotrema cinereum, Sistotrema unicolor, Striglia cinerea, Striglia unicolor, Trametes latissima, Trametes unicolor.

Common name: Mossy Maze Polypore.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Cerrena unicolor, commonly known as the mossy maze polypore, is a species of poroid fungus in the genus Cerrena (Family: Polyporaceae). This saprobic fungus causes white rot.

Estonian: Lambakorrik, Finnish: Pörrökääpä, Swedish: Slingerticka.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor) with lichen in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2018
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor) on a fallen branch of an oak in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2018
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Gills of mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2018
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor) and lichen in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2018
Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor)(?) on a fallen branch in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 13, 2018
Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Young mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor)(?) together with jelly fungus Exidia on a recently fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 8, 2019
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Young mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor)(?) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, November 16, 2019
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Fresh caps of mossy maze polypore mushrooms (Cerrena unicolor) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
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