Maryland Biodiversity Project - Cinnamon Polypore (Coltricia perennis)

Cinnamon Polypore Coltricia perennis (Linnaeus) Murrill

Kingdom Fungi > Phylum Basidiomycota > Class Agaricomycetes > Order Hymenochaetales > Family Hymenochaetaceae > Genus Coltricia Cinnamon Polypore - Coltricia perennis - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/14288

Status:

Found solitary or in groups, sometimes fused; on ground, often under conifers.

Description:

Fruiting body: Brown/orange; concentrically zoned; velvety/felted; fibrous, tough; circular or irregular; depressed/funnel-shaped; often fused with adjacent specimens. Pores: Grayish/yellow/red-brown; stain brown; decurrent; angular. Similar-appearing C. cinnamomea does not have decurrent pores (J. Solem, pers. comm.).

Records:

There are 17 records in the project database.

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Cinnamon Polypore (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/18/2009). (Photo ID: 11800 - Psn: 20)

Cinnamon Polypore (fruiting bodies) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/18/2009). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Cinnamon Polypore (side view showing pores) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/18/2009). (Photo ID: 11801 - Psn: 25)

Cinnamon Polypore (side view showing pores) in Howard Co., Maryland (9/18/2009). Photo by Bonnie Ott. (MBP list)

Cinnamon Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (10/1/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 346894 - Psn: 60)

Cinnamon Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (10/1/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Cinnamon Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (10/1/2018). (Photo ID: 126112 - Psn: 68)

Cinnamon Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (10/1/2018). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

Cinnamon Polypore in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/27/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 218611 - Psn: 78)

Cinnamon Polypore in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/27/2020). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Matthew Beziat. (MBP list)

Spores of Cinnamon Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (10/1/2018). Ellipsoid, smooth, yellowish-brown. Measured 6.2-7.0 x 4.2-5.0 microns. (Photo ID: 126113 - Psn: 200)

Spores of Cinnamon Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (10/1/2018). Ellipsoid, smooth, yellowish-brown. Measured 6.2-7.0 x 4.2-5.0 microns. Photo by Robert Solem. (MBP list)

Spores of Cinnamon Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (10/1/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 346896 - Psn: 200)

Spores of Cinnamon Polypore in Howard Co., Maryland (10/1/2018). (c) Joanne and Robert Solem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Joanne Solem. (MBP list)

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