Polyporus tuberaster
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Polyporus |
| Species: | P. tuberaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyporus tuberaster (Jacquin ex Persoon) Fries 1821
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Polyporus tuberaster is a species of fungus in the genus Polyporus.[1]
The yellow-brown cap is 4–15 cm wide, and ranges from convex to flat and even funnel-shaped.[2] The whitish stalks can grow upwards of 10 cm high and 2–4 cm wide.[2] The spores are white.[2]
The species is edible but also tough.[2]
References
- ^ "Polyporus tuberaster in Mycobank".
- ^ a b c d Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 337–338. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
External links
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