Species details
Blushing rosette
Abortiporus biennis
Inedible
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Description
A whitish to brownish irregular rosette-like polypore with a labyrinthine fertile surface that reddens-browns when bruised.
Identification features
Fruitbody about 8–20 cm wide, shell- to rosette-shaped, whitish and velvety when young, later ochre to brown. Labyrinthine pores redden when rubbed.
Identification checklist
Check the rosette form, labyrinthine pores and characteristic reddish-brown bruising.
Detailed features
- Hymenophore
- Labyrinthine pores redden when rubbed.
Habitat
Grows on buried or heavily decayed hardwood, often appearing terrestrial, from summer to autumn.
Fruiting period
July, August, September, October
Ecology
- Substrate
- Dead wood, Buried wood
- Notes
- Grows on buried or heavily decayed hardwood, often appearing terrestrial, from summer to autumn.
How to separate similar species
Meripilus giganteus is usually much larger and blackens strongly when bruised. Phaeolus schweinitzii is more yellow-brown and associated with conifers.
Similar species
- Giant polypore (Meripilus giganteus)
- Dyer's polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii)
- Abortiporus species