Dear colleagues!
Can anyone help with the identification of a stipitate fleshy poroid fungus? The problem is in lacking of spores - fruitbodies were immature. Molecular analysis will be carried out, but maybe anyone has suggestions based on fruitbody habitus? The habitus was tricholomatoid, fruitbodies firm-fleshy, as in some agaricoid species. Appearance Tricholoma-like, but there was a white tube layer under a cap. My proposal was Boletopsis, but all Boletopsis species I know have another cap-stipe size ratio and are considerably larger.
The specimen was collected at Moscow Region (hemiboreal zone) on damp naked soil near a pond (probably, some buried wood was under the fruitbodies). Trees nearby were alder, spruce, birch, linden and bird cherry.
Photos (unfortunately, of not-so-high quality) are attached.
With thanks and regards,
Elena
Hallo Elena, it could be perhaps Polyporus ciliatus Fr. The growth on the ground (even if probably linked to wood residuals) could have masked the typical white - felty stipe base. In the web there are some collections that could look like to your collection.
Regards,
Giampaolo
Hello,
same opinion: typical Polyporus ciliatis with the small pores and this stipe surface.
best regards
Andreas
Dear colleagues,
Thank you all for your answers. I had no peace with this fungus for more than a month. I`ve never seen this Polyporus species before and was confused by too soft context of the fruitbody.
With best regards,
Elena
Hi Elena,
It's even edible and tasty in this young stage ;-)
best regards,
Andreas
... even if it is not necessary any more: o.k. für Polyporus ciliatus from me, too :-)
Hi Elena,
In my opinion to corroborate that your specimen belong to the genus Polyporus, you could see the hyphal system, if the structure of the basidiome has generative hyphae with clamps and skeleto-binding hyphae then your specimen is a Polyporus and the close species is Polyporus ciliates with a rare habit of grow, because this species ever grow directly on decay wood, not on soil, its consistence is subfleshy to leather-like not fleshy and the piles is larger than stipe.
If your specimen do not have this structure in the basidiome, and without spores, you have to continue with the molecular study to see where is the phylogeny of this.
Dear Ricardo,
Thank you for helpful instructions. I`ll check the features you`ve mentioned. And molecular checking is planned of course.
Best regards,
Elena
Molecular analysis is not needed. It is Polyporellus ciliatus , as suggested by the others
Best
Alf
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