Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Hymenochaetales: Oxyporaceae: Oxyporus populinus (Schumach.) Donk

Oxyporus populinus – poplar bracket

Synonyms: Agaricus connatus, Boletus populinus, Boudiera connata, Coriolus connatus, Flaviporus connatus, Fomes connatus, Fomes populinus, Fomitopsis connata, Leptoporus connatus, Oxyporus borealis, Oxyporus schizoporoides, Phellinus populinus, Placodes connatus, Polyporus connatus, Polyporus cremeus, Polyporus neesii, Polyporus obducens, Polyporus populinus, Polyporus suaveolens, Polystictus connatus, Polystictus populinus, Rigidoporus populinus, Scindalma connatum, Scindalma populinum, Trametes connata, Trametes populina, Trametes secretanii, Xanthochrous connatus.

Common name: poplar bracket.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Oxyporus populinus is a plant pathogen affecting trees. It is not edible.

Estonian: Vahtratarjak, Polish: Napień omszony, Russian: Оксипорус тополёвый, Swedish: Lönnticka, Welsh: Ysgwydd poplys.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Bracket polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus at the base of a living sweetgum or may be a maple near a small creek on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Walker County, Texas, United States

Bracket polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus at the base of a living sweetgum or maple on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Walker County, Texas, United States

Close-up of bracket polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus at the base of a living sweetgum or maple on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Walker County, Texas, United States

Pores of bracket polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus at the base of a living sweetgum or maple on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Walker County, Texas, United States

Underside of polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus at the base of a living sweetgum or maple on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Walker County, Texas, United States

Bracket polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus on black background on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Walker County, Texas, United States

Cross section of bracket polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Walker County, Texas, United States

Close-up of pores of bracket polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 31, 2023
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Walker County, Texas, United States

Spores of poplar bracket (Oxyporus populinus) from a sweetgum or a maple collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 1, 2024

Polypore mushrooms Oxyporus populinus at the base of living sweetgum on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, February 4, 2024
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Walker County, Texas, United States

Comments

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