Trametes elegans
I came upon this stump covered with mushrooms the other day and had to figure out what they were. It took me a couple of days investigation but finally decided they were Trametes elegans. I have also seen these mushrooms on downed beech tree trunks mixed in with Oyster Mushrooms.
They are fairly widespread through my woods mostly on downed beech trees.
They are very have a faint pleasant smell when fresh and a tough fibrous body. They have no stem growing shelf like from the wood.
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Trametes elegans
Type: PolyporeCollection date: 08/15/2008
Name: Trametes elegans
Common Name:
Description: White shelf mushroom with very small maze like pores
Edibility: Inedible
Color: White to Cream
Size: Over 15cm
Cap type: Convex, Shield Shaped
Gills:
Stem type: Lateral, rudimentary, absent
Flesh: Flesh fibrous
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Habitat: Grows in woods
Habitat2: Grows on wood
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Field Notes
Note: 10/05/2008 New ones still appearing. : 46-76°F : DryTrackbacks
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