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Cracked Cap Polypore

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The Cracked Cap Polypore is a fascinating fungus that grows on trees! Its unique cracked cap looks like it's wearing a cool hat!

Hábitat: It typically lives on decaying hardwood trees in forests.

Aspecto

The Cracked Cap Polypore is a woody, hoof-shaped fungus with a distinctive dark brown to black cap margin and an orange-brown pore surface. Its upper surface is often deeply cracked and zoned, making it visually distinct from smoother polypores on similar trees.

ReinoFungiFiloBasidiomycotaClaseAgaricomycetesOrdenHymenochaetalesFamiliaHymenochaetaceaeGéneroPhellinus
Cracked Cap Polypore
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Cracked Cap Polypore

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It can live for many years, growing new layers each season like tree rings!

Its super tough body makes it one of the hardest fungi in the forest!

Look closely for tiny holes on its underside where millions of spores are released!

This mushroom makes its home on a special tree called the Black Locust!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Woody Recycler

Cracked Cap Polypore can break down dead hardwood because it has powerful enzymes that help them return nutrients to the soil.

Habilidad

Crack Keeper

Cracked Cap Polypore has a deeply cracked cap that helps them release spores and endure dry conditions over years.

Habilidad

Tree Toughener

Cracked Cap Polypore has a very hard, woody texture that helps them resist pests and survive long on tree trunks.

Medidas y detalles

Altura
3-10 cm
Edibility
inedible
Cap Diameter
10-30 cm
Sustrato de crecimiento
wood
Temporada
Year-round, but active in summer/fall
Color de las esporas
Brown

Conexiones ecológicas

parasitizes

Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Causes heart rot in its favorite host tree.

eats

Minute Tree-Fungus Beetle

Cis boleti

Feeds on woody fruiting bodies of polypore fungi.

depends on

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

Woodpeckers find insects in the weakened, rotting wood.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Black Locust FungusCracked Cap MushroomLocust Polypore

Colecciones

Seguridad

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el altura de Cracked Cap Polypore?

3-10 cm

¿Cuál es el edibility de Cracked Cap Polypore?

inedible

¿Cuál es el cap Diameter de Cracked Cap Polypore?

10-30 cm

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Cracked Cap Polypore?

It typically lives on decaying hardwood trees in forests.

¿Cuál es el sustrato de crecimiento de Cracked Cap Polypore?

wood

¿Cuál es el temporada de Cracked Cap Polypore?

Year-round, but active in summer/fall

¿Cuál es el color de las esporas de Cracked Cap Polypore?

Brown

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