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Polypore

Polyporales

Polypores are special mushrooms that grow on trees. They have pores instead of gills underneath their caps. Some polypores are used in traditional medicine or to start fires.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Polypore has a shelf-like or bracket-like fruiting body, often growing flat against wood. Its distinguishing feature is a pore-filled underside instead of gills, ranging in color from white to browns, oranges, or yellows. These fungi often have a tough, leathery, or woody texture.

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Polypore
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Polypore

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

One type of polypore can grow so big it weighs more than a bowling ball!

Scientists are researching if certain polypores can help break down plastics!

Some ancient humans used dried polypores to carry fire, like a slow-burning ember!

You can sometimes count growth rings on a polypore to guess its age, like a tree!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Nature's Recycler

Polypore can break down tough dead wood because it has enzymes that help them recycle nutrients back into the forest soil.

Fähigkeit

Woody Armor

Polypore has a very tough and woody texture that helps them resist decay and last for many years on trees.

Fähigkeit

Spore Cloud

Polypore can release trillions of tiny spores because its underside is packed with pores, helping them spread far and wide.

Maße und Details

Höhe
2-25 cm
Edibility
inedible
Cap Diameter
5-60 cm
Wachstumssubstrat
wood
Saison
Ganzjährig
Sporenfarbe
White

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eastern gray squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Squirrels nibble on some polypore species.

parasitizes

Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Some polypores cause decay in living oak trees.

shelters

Red wood ant

Formica rufa

Ants use larger brackets for shelter.

eaten by

Great capricorn beetle

Cerambyx cerdo

Beetle larvae tunnel into its tough fruiting body.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Never eat mushrooms you find in the wild unless an adult says it's safe. Some mushrooms can make you sick.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Polypore?

2-25 cm

Was ist der/die/das edibility von Polypore?

inedible

Was ist der/die/das cap Diameter von Polypore?

5-60 cm

Wo findet man Polypore normalerweise?

Forests

Was ist der/die/das wachstumssubstrat von Polypore?

wood

Was ist der/die/das saison von Polypore?

Ganzjährig

Was ist der/die/das sporenfarbe von Polypore?

White

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