Mushroom #11 by Junglegeorge
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Description
Sheep Polypore
Albatrellus ovinus
location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Pore material cannot be seperated from flesh of the cap
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground
Sheep Polypore Albatrellus ovinus (Fr.) Murr. syn. Polyporus ovinus Fr. Fruit body annual. Cap 5-15cm across, usually single but sometimes several fused together, circular to irregular when fused, convex then depressed, dish-shaped; white to pale buff, tan; dry, smooth, or a little scaly with age. Tubes 1-2mm deep, decurrent; white. Pores 2-4 per mm, angular; white to yellowish. Stem 20-75 x 10-30mm, slightly swollen, pointed at base, usually central; white bruising pinkish; smooth. Flesh 5-20mm thick, firm; white, dries yellowish. Odor pleasant, fungusy, aromatic. Taste mild, sometimes slightly bitter (see Comment). Spores subglobose-ellipsoid, 3-4.5 x 3-3.5
Comments (3)
I can't image who was the first person to be walking along and stumbling up on something that looked like this on the ground and just popping it in their mouth! :-) A very interesting fungus! And a very good photograph.
oh yes, other mushroom with a very strange form my friend... well done, good weekend
Cool shape..Goran!!! Yes, I do wonder who figured out what was edible and what wasn't! :^)