POLYPORES

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Polypores are usually tough and have non-removable pores (unlike the sponge-pored boletes). But there are polypores with stiff ‘gills’, maze-like hymeniums and other spore-producing structures. Polypores are primarily found growing from wood substrates. True polypores are in the order Polyporales. There are many fungi which appear to be true polypores, but they are either in the order Hymenochaetales, the Russulales, the Thelephorales or the Agaricales. All true polypores as well as all fungi with what appear to have non-sponge-like pores are listed below. 

There are many polypores and other fungi that appear to have a smooth hymenium that grow from dead wood. These include stereums, which are in the Stereaceae family of the Russulales order, as well numerous crust fungi which are found growing on wood. To view them and read about their characteristics, click the QUICK LINKS to Crust fungi and Stereums.

Some stiff-pored fungi and crust fungi are mycorrhizal associates of trees, such as species of Albatrellus and related fungi (such as Laeticutis cristatus, Neoalbatrellus caeruleoporus, and Xanthoporus peckianus) and species in the genus Coltricia!


ABORTIPORUS____biennis

ALBATRELLUS (Re: Russulas)____confluens____cristatus (see LAETICUTIS)

____ovinus____peckianus (See XANTHOPORUS)

ALEURODISCUS ____amorphus

ANTRODIA____favescens____heteromorpha____malicola____radiculosa  (See FIBROPORIA)____variiformis

BJERKANDERA____adusta____fumosa

BOLETOPSIS (Re: Thelephorales)____grisea (subsquamosa)

BONDARZEWIA (Re: Russulas)____berkeleyi

BYSSOMERULIUS (Phlebia)____incarnatus

CERIOPORUS( Polyporus) ____leptocephalus (varius) ____squamosus

CERIPORIA____excelsa____spissa____tarda

CERRENA____unicolor

CHRONODOSTEREUM____purpureum

CLIMACOCYSTIS____borealis

CLIMACODON____pulcherrimus____septentrionalis

COLTRICA____cinnamomea____montagnei____perennis

COLTRICIELLA____dependens

CORTICIUM ____roseocarneum

CRYPTOPORUS____volvatus

CYSTOSTEREUM____murrayi

DAEDALEA____quercina

DAEDALEOPSIS____confragosa____septentrionalis

DATRONIELLA (Datronia) ____scutellata____stereoides

ECHINODONTIUM____tinctorium

FIBROPORIA (ANTRODIA)____radiculosa

FISTULINA____hepatica____radicata(See PSEUDOFISTULINA)

FOMES____fomentarius

FOMITOPORIA (Phellinus)____robusta

FOMITOPSIS____betulina ____cajanderi (See RHODOFOMES)____mounaceae (pinicola)

____ochracea____pinicola (See mounaceae)____spraguei (See NIVEOPORIFOMES)

FUSCUPOSTIA____fragilis

FULVIFOMES____badius,____robiniae

GANODERMA____applanatum____curtisii____lobatum,____lucidum (See G. sessile)____megaloma ____sessile (lucidum)____tsugae

GELATOPORIA (GLOEOPORUS)____dichroa (dichrous)

GLOBIFOMES____graveolens

GLOEOPHYLLUM____sepiarium, ____striatum,____trabeum

GRIFOLA____frondosa

HAPILOPILUS____rutilans (nidulans)

HYDNOPHLEBIA(Phanerochaete)____chrysorhiza 

HYMENOCHAETOPSIS (See HYDNOPORIA)

HYDNOPORIA (HYMENOCHAETOPSIS)____corrugata____olivacea____tabacina

INONOTUS____dryadeus (See PSEUDOINONOTUS)____obliquus ____radiatus

IRPEX____lacteus

ISCHNODERMA____resinosum

LAETICUTIS (ALBATRELLUS)____cristata

LAETIPORUS____cincinnatus____sulphureus

LENTINUS____arcularius (Polyporus)____brumalis (Polyporus)____dryinus (See PLEUROTUS) ____levis(See PLEUROTUS)____tigrinus

LENZITES____betulina

PANUS____conchatus____lecotei

MERIPILUS____sumstinei (gigantea)

MERULIUS ____tremellosus (See PHLEBIA)

MYCORRHAPHIUM____adustum

NEOALBATRELLUS (Albatrellus)____caeruleoporus

NEOFAVOLUS (Favolus)____alveolaris

NEOLENTINUS____lepideus

NIVEOPOROFOMES____spraguei

ONNIA____tomentosa

OXYPORUS____populinus

PANUS (Lentinus)___conchatus (torulosus)____neostrigosus (rudis)

PENIOPHORA____albobadia____rufa 

PERENNIPORIA____ medula-panis____subacidus

PHAEOLUS____schweinitzii

PHANEROCHAETE____chrysosporium (See HYNOPHLEBIA)

PHELLINUS____badius___gilvus____cinereus____ferruginosus____igniarius____pini____punctatus ____robiniae(See FULVIFOMES)____tremulae

PHLEBIA____incarnata (See BYSSOMERULIUS)____radiata____tremellosa

PHLEBIOSIS____crassa

PHYSISPORINUS___vitreus

PICIPES____badius____melanopus____tubaeformis

PIPTOPORUS____betulinus (See FOMITOPSIS)

PLEUROTUS____dryinus____levis

PLICATUROPSIS____crispa

POLYPORUS____arcularius (See LENTINUS)____badius (See PICIPES) ____brumalis (See LENTINUS)____craterellus(See BRESADOLIA)____melanopus(See PICIPES)_____radicatus____squamosus (See CERIOPORUS)____tubaeformis (See PICIPES)____ umbellatus____varius (See CERIOPORUS)

PORODAEDALEA____chrysoloma____pini

PORODISCULUS____pendulus

PORONIDULUS (Trametes)____conchifer

POSTIA (Tyromyces)____fragilis( See FUSCOPOSTIA)____livens (caeisa)

PSEUDOFISTULINA____radicata

PSEUDOINONOTUS (Inonotus)____dryadeus

PUNCTULARIA____strigosozonata

PYCNOPORELLUS ____fulgens

PYCNOPORUS____cinnabarinus

RADULOMYCES____copelandii

RHODOFOMES____cajanderi____roseus

SARCODONTIA ____setosa

SCHIZOPHYLLUM____commune

SCUTIGER (Albatrellus) pes-caprae

SPARASSIS____americana____spathulata

SPONGIOPELLIS____pachydon

STECCHERINUM____ochraceum

THELEPHORA____anthocephala____cuticularis, ____multiparta, _____terrestris, ____vialis

TRECHISPORA____vaga

TRAMETES____betulina____cervina (See TRAMETOPSIS)____cinnabarina (Pycnoporus)____gibbosa____hirsuta____livens (elegans)_____ochracea____pubescens____suaveolens

____ variegata____versicolor 

TRAMETOPSIS____cervina

TRICHAPTUM____abietinum____biforme____fuscoviolaceum____laricinum____subchartaceum

TYROMYCES____chioneus

WOLFOPORIA _____extensa

XANTHOPORIA (Inonotus) ____radiata

XANTHOPORUS (Albatrellus)____peckianus