Green Cheese Polypore Niveoporofomes spraguei (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) B.K. Cui, M.L. Han & Y.C. Dai    Synonyms: Fomitopsis spraguei, Polyporus spragueii.
Kingdom Fungi   >   Phylum Basidiomycota   >   Class Agaricomycetes   >   Order Polyporales   >   Family Fomitopsidaceae   >   Genus Niveoporofomes   

Description:

Green Cheese Polypore is a sessile, fan-shaped fungus. The body is firm, white to creamy when young and greenish to grayish with age.

Relationships:

Found on dead hardwood trees.

There are 48 records in the project database.

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Green Cheese Polypore in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/11/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Green Cheese Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (9/16/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Green Cheese Polypore in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/4/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Emilio Concari. (MBP list)

Spores collected from a Green Cheese Polypore specimen in Howard Co., Maryland (9/16/2020). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)


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