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Large polypore fungi?

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:14 pm
by RobTaylor
Large Polypore fungi?

Can someone positively identify this for me. The main fruiting body was approximately 18 to 20 cm across. Seen growing on fallen timber in Neston rock cutting on 2 April.

My tentative guess is Bay Polypore, Polyporus durus (apparently synonymous with Polyporus badius).

Top view of main fruiting body
Top view of main fruiting body
View of the underside
View of the underside
Ancillary fruiting body on log
Ancillary fruiting body on log
A wider view
A wider view