Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right

Author: Bob Benz

High & Mighty

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date September 16, 2020

Damn! Turn it up.

Bay polypore (Royoporus badius)

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date September 15, 2020

This one stumped me. I watched as it began fruiting on a large maple limb that looks as if it’s been down for a long time. The iNaturalist bot was suggesting they might be oysters, but there were no gills so I figured it was some sort of polypore.

I decided to wait a few days and keep an eye on it. This photo was taken 4 days after the one above, and when I fed it to the iNaturalist bot this time it suggested bay polypore. Bingo (or at least bingo based on my limited knowledge of mycology).

*Underside of bay polypore*, 4 days later. Badius derives from the Latin root badi, meaning reddish brown. As is visible above, the stipe is a dark color, contributing to the other common names “”black footed polypore” or “black leg ploypore.”

In this earlier shot, the stipe hasn’t darkened yet.

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Something in the Russula genus?

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date September 15, 2020