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Most polypores inhabit tree trunks or branches consuming the wood, but some soil-inhabiting species form mycorrhiza with trees. Polypores and the related corticioid fungi are the most important agents of wood decay, playing a very significant role in nutrient cycling and aiding carbon dioxide absorption by forest ecosystems. [ 3 ]
Fomitopsis betulina (previously Piptoporus betulinus), commonly known as the birch polypore, birch bracket, or razor strop, is a common bracket fungus and, as the name suggests, grows almost exclusively on birch trees. The brackets burst out from the bark of the tree, and these fruit bodies can last for more than a year.
Lentinus arcularius, also known as the spring polypore, is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. [1] [2] It has been found on all continents, but has primarily been documented in the United States, Austria, Mexico, Australia, and Japan. [3] It was first documented in 1783 by German naturalist August Batsch under the name Boletus ...
P. schweinitzii is a polypore, although unlike bracket fungi the fruiting body may appear terrestrial [citation needed] when growing from the roots or base of the host tree. [2] The fruiting bodies, appearing in late summer or fall, commonly incorporate blades of grass, twigs, or fallen pine needles as they grow. [3]
Bondarzewia berkeleyi, commonly known as Berkeley's polypore, [1] or stump blossoms, [2] is a species of polypore fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is a parasitic species that causes butt rot in oaks and other hardwood trees. A widespread fungus, it is found in the Old World and North America.
Tyromyces chioneus, commonly known as the white cheese polypore, is a species of polypore fungus. A widely distributed fungus, it has a circumpolar distribution , in temperate boreal pine forests, of Asia, Europe, and North America, causes white rot in dead hardwood trees, especially birch .
Cerrena unicolor can be easily distinguished from most other polypores by its hairy upper surface and maze-like pores that slowly descend into tooth-like structures. Confusion can arise with other smaller polypores such as the genera Trichaptum or Trametes. [7] [5] Trichaptum species that are young can easily be distinguished by their purple tinge.
Inonotus dryadeus (syn. Pseudoinonotus dryadeus), commonly known as oak bracket, warted oak polypore, weeping polypore or weeping conk, is an inedible species of fungus belonging to the genus Inonotus, which consists of bracket fungi with fibrous flesh. Most often found growing at the base of oak trees, it causes white rot and decay of the ...