Identifying Your Polypores
3.3
Maitake, Hen of the woods
Grifola frondosa
Frequency
Rare
Habitat
On the roots or living bases of deciduous or coniferous trees
Cap
Numerous spatulate caps with petalloids. Pale lavender grey becoming darker with age; dark brown at the end.
Margin
Thin, often curled and wavy.
Tubes
Angular, conspicuous, 2 to 4 per mm, thin-walled.
Pores and Pore Surface
Ivory white, decurrent, often to the ground.
Stalk
Highly branched from a broad cream base, giving rise to numerous caps.
Flesh
Ivory white becoming tougher with age.
Mycélium basal
White.
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