Identifying Your Polypores
3.6
Scutiger ovinus
Albatrellus ovinus, Scutiger ovinus
Frequency
Plentiful
Habitat
Under conifers.
Cap
Glabrous, tan buff cream often becoming scaly and cracked; turns lemon yellow when crushed.
Margin
Rolled up and then spread, concolorous to the cap.
Tubes
Round, angular towards the stipe, visible, 2 to 5 per mm.
Pores and Pore Surface
White, becoming yellowish when crushed.
Stalk
Caps and stipes often confluent and welded to each other.
Stalk Feature
Smooth to finely hairy stem, cream then yellowish to brownish.
Flesh
Fleshy, tender, white, tinged with brownish-yellow when cooked.
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Very abundant in some years.
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