Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)
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Bay Polypore

Picipes badius

Life > Fungi > Basidiomycota > Agaricomycotina > Agaricomycetes > Polyporales > Polyporaceae > Picipes


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
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)

#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
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)

#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.
June 17th, 2024 Niobrara Valley Preserve
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)

Not Collected

June 18th, 2024 Niobrara Valley Preserve
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)

Not Collected

August 28th, 2024 Indian Cave State Park
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)

Not Collected.

September 12th, 2024 Neale Woods
Bay Polypore (Picipes badius)

Not Collected.


References

Kuo, M. (2021, April). Polyporus badius. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/polyporus_badius.html

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