External description of honeycomb honeycomb
The fruiting body of a honeycomb tinder fungus is formed by a leg and a cap, like in many other types of mushrooms. The diameter of its cap is 2-8 centimeters. The shape of the cap can be different - oval, semicircular and round. The color of the cap is red-yellow, ocher-yellow, pale yellow, orange. On the surface of the cap there are scales of a darker color in comparison with the main color; this color difference is most pronounced in young specimens.
The stem is very short, and in some species it is absent altogether. The leg height can be up to 10 centimeters. The leg can be located on the side, and in more rare cases - in the center. Its surface is smooth, and the color coincides with the color of the plates - white.
The flesh of the honeycomb tinder fungus is very tough. The plates are tubular, running down the stem, white or cream-colored. The spores are rather large, diamond-shaped, oval or elongated.
Places of growth and fruiting season of honeycomb polypores
Cell tinder fungi settle on the dead wood of deciduous trees. They grow mainly in small groups, but sometimes single specimens come across. These mushrooms bear fruit from April to August, but sometimes fruiting may occur later.
The edibility of honeycomb polypores
Tinder fungus is an edible mushroom, but its flesh is very tough.
Kindred of cellular tinder fungus
False oak tinder fungus is an inedible mushroom. The diameter of the fruiting body of this perennial fungus ranges from 5 to 20 centimeters. At first, the mushroom resembles a kidney in shape, and then becomes spherical. False oak tinder fungus grows sideways to the tree. The surface of the fruiting body with concentric grooves and irregularities. The color of the mushroom can be rusty-brown, black-gray, or gray-brown. The pulp is woody, tough.
False oak tinder fungi bear fruit from spring to autumn. These are parasitic fungi that settle on oaks, and after the death of the tree, they continue to develop on the dead wood. Due to their effect, white rot is formed on trees. False oak tinder fungi are found singly or in small groups.
Tinder fungus is an inedible mushroom. The diameter of the cap of this large mushroom can reach 40 centimeters. The upper part of the cap is flat with irregular grooves and beads. The color of the cap is grayish brown or rusty brown, the outer edge is whitish. The leg, as a rule, is absent, it is extremely rare to come across a short side leg. Cork pulp, tough. The color of the pulp is brown, chestnut or chocolate brown.
Tinder fungi grow flat on stumps and in deadwoods of deciduous trees, they are not high. Flat polypores - wood destroyers. In the tree on which this mushroom settled, the process of decay begins to occur, and a white or yellowish-white mold forms. Flat polypores bear fruit from May to September. These mushrooms are widespread in the temperate zone.
