Bay Polypore
Picipes badius
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Description
The Bay Polypore (Picipes badius) is a saprobic mushroom that can be found on the deadwood of broadleaf trees. It fruits in the spring and fall.
The cap color is tanish when young, becoming brown, then reddish-brown. The color is most vibrant towards the center of the cap. The cap is generally shaped with a deep depression, becoming funnel-shaped.
The hymenophore consists of tiny, irregularly placed pores. Colored white when young, becoming cream-colored with age.
This mushroom is also called the "Black Footed Polypore" due to its black stem base developed with age.
Observations
September 10th, 2023 Indian Cave State Park
#366
- Growing scattered and clustered from well-rotted hardwood log in mixed oak/hickory woodland.
- Caps brown, centrally deptressed with wavy margins.
- Hymemium composed of tiny white pores.
- Stipe centrally located, grayish brown, sturdy, and glaucous (maybe from spore deposits).
- Additional Info
- Smell: not distinctive
- Taste: faintly acidic to not distinctive
- KOH: negative
- Ammonia: negative
September 12th, 2023 Indian Cave State Park
#391
- Growing alone on fallen hardwood (white rot) in low, shady, riparian woodland.
- Cap light buff in center fading to a light tan (whitish) on margin. Flexible and tough.
- Hymenium smooth and white (immature).
- Stipe short, though and eccentric.
Additional Info
- Smell: faint
- Taste: not distinctive
- KOH darkening on pileipellis and hymenium.
- Ammonia negative on pileipellis and hymenium.
References
Kuo, M. (2021, April). Polyporus badius. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/polyporus_badius.html
Created March 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM and last updated March 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM