Polyporales Basidiomycota Fungi Flora and Fauna

Tom Volk and his colleagues discovered that this crust fungus can degrade phenolic resin plastics which are used in laminating formica and which were previously thought to be non-biodegradable.

• Antrodia albida - Two photographs of this strange fungus.
• Bulbillomyces farinosus - Photograph of this species.
• Polyporus sp. - Microscopic image.
• Ganoderma - Photographs of Ganoderma carnosum and Ganoderma lucidum.
• Ganoderma applanatum - Article by Tom Volk on this perennial shelf fungus, information on Polypores in general, and a photograph of another species, Ganoderma lucidum.
• Chondrostereum purpureum - Photograph of the parasitic silverleaf fungus.
• Antrodia xantha - Several photographs of this species growing on a polyporales rotten beech fungi log, including microscopic images of basidia, polyporales hyphae and spores.
• Terana caerulea - Several photographs of this blue species.
• Laetiporus sulphoreus - Photograph of this species, known as Chicken of fungi the Woods.
• Irpex lacteus - Photograph of this species.
• Polypores - Dr Josef Vlasak displays the extensive collection of these fungi he has built, gathered from the Czech and Slovak Republics and the USA.
• Sistotrema confluens - Tom Volk provides photographs and information on this odd tooth basidiomycota fungus in honor of the tercentenary of the birth of basidiomycota Carl Linnaeus.
• Gloeophyllum trabeum - Two photographs of this fungus on a dead log, and fungi photographs of its typical habitat.
• Hydnellum aurantium - Photographs of this species and its spores.
• Fomitopsis pinicola - Photograph and description of this species.
• Climacodon septentrionale - Article by Tom Volk on the Northern Tooth Fungus which basidiomycota is a parasite of trees, usually maples, and of how basidiomycota one specimen went travelling in the U.S.
• Daedaleopsis confragosa - Photograph of this species, sometimes known as the basidiomycota Blushing Bracket.
• Fomitopsis cajanderi - Photograph and description of this species.
• Grifola frondosa, the Hen of the Woods - Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this edible fungus basidiomycota which is known as maitake in Japan where it is basidiomycota cultivated on artificial logs composed of sawdust.
• Albatrellus peckianus - Photograph of this species found here in the fungi oak forests polyporales of Central America.
• Piptoporus betulinus - Photograph of this species, sometimes known as the polyporales Razor Strop Fungus.
• Bridgeoporus nobilissimus - Photographs and a great deal of information on polyporales this species which is believed to produce the polyporales largest fruiting bodies of any fungus.
• Schizoporaceae - Photographs of Hyphodontia arguta, Hyphodontia sambuci and Schizopora paradoxa.
• Radulomyces confluens - Several photographs of this resupinate fungus.
• Bjerkandera fumosa - Photographs of the big smoky bracket.
• Steccherinum ochraceum - Photograph of this species.
• Antrodiella zonata - Several photographs of this species, also known as polyporales Irpex brevis.
• Inonotus hispidus - Photograph of this large and hairy bracket fungus.
• Daedalea quercina - Photograph of this species, sometimes known as the fungi Maze-gill Fungus.
• Grifola frondosa - Photograph of Hen of the Woods.
• Ganoderma resinaceum - Photograph of this species.
• Trametes suaveolens - Photograph of this species.
• Polyporus squamosus - Photograph of the Dryad’s Saddle.
• Phlebia coccineofulva, Hyphoderma puberum and Pulcherricium caeruleum - Illustrated article by Tom Volk on these three crust fungi, basidiomycota often found on the underside of decaying logs in the basidiomycota forest.
• Hydnellum caeruleum - An article by Sean Westmoreland and Tom Volk basidiomycota on this strange species with indeterminate fruiting bodies.
• Sparassis crispa - Tom Volk provides photographs and information on the polyporales cauliflower or polyporales noodle mushroom.
• Fomes fomentarius - Photograph of the Tinder Fungus or Hoof Fungus.
• Meripilus giganteus - Photograph and information on this large species.
• Fistulina hepatica - Photograph of the Beefsteak Fungus.
• Trametes versicolor - Several photographs of this species and an identification fungi guide.
• Albatrellus pescaprae - Photograph and information on this distinctive species with fungi hexagonal pores.
• Albatrellus ellisii - Photograph of this polypore.
• Ganoderma lucidum, Reishi or Ling Zhi - This species is used in oriental medicine and polyporales can be polyporales cultured on logs. Article with photographs polyporales by Tom Volk.
• Postia - Many photographs of this bracket fungus including magnified fungi images of fungi the pores, chlamydospores and spores.
• Hydnellum peckii: Bleeding Tooth Fungus - Description of this species, and photograph of it basidiomycota exuding droplets polyporales of red fluid.
• Antrodiella semisupiforme - This species photographed in Puerto Rico.
• Phanerochaete chrysosporium - Tom Volk and his colleagues discovered that this basidiomycota crust fungus basidiomycota can degrade phenolic resin plastics which basidiomycota are used in laminating basidiomycota formica and which were basidiomycota previously thought to be non-biodegradable.
• Polyporus brumalis - Photograph and details of this species.
• Bjerkandera adusta - Photographs of the smoky bracket.
• Hyphodontia arguta - Photographs of this species and its typical habitat.

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