Dedaleopsis tuberous

What does dealeopsis tricolor look like?

Annual dealeopsis tricolor grows in loose groups, covering large areas on the surface of the wood.

• fruiting bodies are sessile and narrowed at the base with a tubercle-like compaction in the lower part;
• the surface of the cap is wrinkled with radial color zones, in young specimens the shade is closer to gray with a clearly defined light stripe along the edge;
• in the process of growing up, the color becomes tricolor: at the base - brown or dark gray with a purple tint, to the edge - with alternating areas of purple or dark red, as well as brown;
• fruiting bodies prostrate, rounded with wavy edges, thin;
• the surface is dry, slightly bumpy, bare;
• the hymenophore is lamellar, branched, the arrangement of the plates is rare, the color at the beginning of growth is beige or whitish, eventually becomes light brown with a reddish tint and a silvery tint;
• in case of mechanical damage, the spore-bearing layer turns brown.

The pulp is light with a brown tint, without a pronounced odor.

Tricolor dealeopsis growing on branches, completely covers the wood, growing together on the sides

Doubles and their differences

There are several varieties of tinder fungus, similar to dealeopsis tuberous. All of them are inedible due to the tough consistency of trama and the bitter taste of the pulp, but they are used in pharmacology.

Daedaleopsis tricolor

An annual mushroom with sessile, semi-spread fruit bodies, different from dealeopsis tuberous:

• smaller radius (up to 10 cm) and thickness (up to 3 mm);
• the ability to grow not only singly and in tiers, but also to collect in sockets;
• lamellar hymenophore, turning brown from touch;
• a large contrast of radial stripes, painted in rich red-brown tones.

The surface of the cap of dealeopsis tricolor is the same wrinkled, zone-colored, with a light rim along the edge.

Northern Daedaleopsis (Daedaleopsiss eptentrionas)

Small, with a radius of up to 7 cm, fruiting bodies are painted in dull yellowish-brown and brown colors. They differ from rough dealeopsis in the following features:

• tubercles and radial stripes on the cap are smaller;
• there is a small tubercle at the base of the cap;
• The hymenophore is at first tubular, but quickly becomes lamellar.

The fungus is found in mountain and northern taiga forests, prefers to grow on birches.

Lenzites birch (Lenzites betulina)

Annual fruiting bodies of Lenzites birch are sessile, prostrate. They have a grooved-zonal surface of white, grayish, cream colors, which darkens over time. They differ from dealeopsis tuberous:

• felt, bristly hairy surface;
• the structure of the hymenophore, consisting of large radially diverging plates;
• fruiting bodies often grow together at the edges, form rosettes;
• the cap is often covered with a green bloom.

This is one of the most common types of polyposis fungi in Russia.

Steccherinum Murashkinskyi (Steccherinum murashkinskyi)

Fruit bodies are sessile or rudimentary, flexible, semicircular, 5-7 cm wide. The surface of the cap is uneven, bumpy, zonal, covered with hard hairs, and closer to the base - with nodules. The color of the fungus is whitish at first, later darkens to light brown, at the edge it can be reddish-brown. It differs from the bumpy tinder fungus:

• spiny hymenophore of pinkish or reddish-brown color;
• corky leathery texture and aniseed tram flavor;
• in very thin caps, the edge becomes gelatinous, gelatinous.

In Russia, the mushroom grows in the Central zone, southern Siberia and the Urals, in the Far East.

It belongs to the genus Phellinus. It grows on trees of the Rosaceae family - cherry, plum, cherry plum, cherry, apricot.

False Plum Polypore

Dedaleopsis rough (Polypore tuberous): photo and description

Tinder fungi (Polyporus) are a genus of annual and perennial basidiomycetes that differ in their morphological structure. Polypores live in close symbiosis with trees, parasitizing them or forming mycorrhiza with them. Polyporous fungus (Daedaleopsis confragosa) is a polypous fungus that lives on tree trunks and feeds on wood. It digests lingin, a hard component of plant cell walls, and forms what is called white rot.

Tinder fungus, bumpy, light brown; radial stripes, warts and a white border along the edge are visible on its surface

Description of the tuberous tinder fungus

Lumpy tinder fungus is a 1-2-3 year old mushroom. Fruit bodies are sessile, widely accrete, semicircular, slightly convex, prostrate. Their sizes range from 3-20 cm in length, 4-10 cm in width, 0.5-5 cm in thickness. Fruit bodies are formed by many thin filaments-hyphae, intertwined with each other. The surface of the tinder fungus tuberous is bare, dry, covered with small furrowed wrinkles forming concentric color zones. Various shades of gray, brown, yellow-brown, reddish-brown alternate with each other.

Fruit body in gray-cream tones

The edges of the cap are thin, bordered with white or gray. Reddish-brown warts may appear on the surface, most often they are grouped in the middle. Sometimes there are tinder fungi covered with short villi. The mushroom has no leg, the cap grows directly from the tree trunk. The hymenophore is tubular, at first white, gradually becoming beige and aging to gray. The pores are elongated-elongated, depending on age, they can be:

• round;
• form a pattern resembling a labyrinth;
• stretch out so much that they become gills-like.

A pale bloom forms on the surface of the pores of young mushrooms, and when pressed, pink-brown "bruises" appear.

Hymenophore of Dedaleopsis rough

Spores are white, cylindrical or ellipsoidal. The fabric of dedalea tuberous (trama) is cork, it can be whitish, pinkish, brownish. She has no characteristic smell, the taste is bitter.