Species details
Dyer's polypore
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Inedible
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Description
A large annual brown polypore with a bright yellow margin when young; often grows near conifer roots and is inedible.
Identification features
Caps are 8–30 cm wide, strongly felted to hairy, yellow-brown to rusty brown, with a conspicuous bright-yellow margin when young. Pores are yellow-green, later brown and darkening.
Identification checklist
Check growth near conifer roots, the strongly felted brown fruitbody and the bright yellow margin of young areas.
Detailed features
- Hymenophore
- Pores are yellow-green, later brown and darkening.
Size
- Cap diameter
- 8–30 cm
Habitat
Grows on decayed stumps or roots, mainly spruce, pine and larch, less often other trees, from spring to autumn.
Fruiting period
May, June, July, August, September, October
Ecology
- Host trees
- Spruce (Picea), Pine (Pinus), Larch (Larix)
- Substrate
- Stumps, Roots
- Notes
- Grows on decayed stumps or roots, mainly spruce, pine and larch, less often other trees, from spring to autumn.
How to separate similar species
Old fruitbodies darken strongly and lose the characteristic yellow margin, making them harder to identify.
Similar species
- Inonotus species
- Phaeolus species
- Giant polypore (Meripilus giganteus)