Directory of Polyporales Resources

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Polyporales is an order of basidiomycotic fungi. Many of the members are bracket fungi, and the order includes the genera Polyporus, Pleurotus and others.

Resources in This Category

• Albatrellus peckianus

  http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/dispansus.html
  Photograph of this species found here in the oak forests of Central America.

• Albatrellus pescaprae

  http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/pescaprae.html
  Photograph and information on this distinctive species with hexagonal pores.

• Antrodia albida

  http://www.kaimaibush.co.nz/Fungi/Antrodia.html
  Two photographs of this strange fungus.

• Antrodia xantha

  http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/r150274.htm
  Several photographs of this species growing on a rotten beech log, including microscopic images of basidia, hyphae and spores.

• Antrodiella semisupiforme

  http://www.cortland.edu/nsf/pr87ant.HTML
  This species photographed in Puerto Rico.

• Antrodiella zonata

  http://www.kaimaibush.co.nz/Fungi/Antrodiella.html
  Several photographs of this species, also known as Irpex brevis.

• Bridgeoporus nobilissimus

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/bridgeop.html
  Photographs and a great deal of information on this species which is believed to produce the largest fruiting bodies of any fungus.

• Chicken of the Woods

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/woods_brit/
  Student project on the fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, including classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

• Chondrostereum purpureum

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondrostereum_purpureum
  Information from Wikipedia on this fungus, its characteristics and use as a biological control agent.

• Climacodon septentrionale

  http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Climacodon_septentrionale_01a.htm
  Several photographs of the Northern Tooth Fungus.

• Climacodon septentrionale

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/feb2001.html
  Article by Tom Volk on the Northern Tooth Fungus which is a parasite of trees, usually maples, and of how one specimen went travelling in the U.S.

• Fomitopsis pinicola

  http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Fomitopsis_pinicola.html
  Photograph and description of this species.

• Ganoderma

  http://www.pilzepilze.de/galerie/v/Lateinisch/G/ganoderma/
  Photographs of Ganoderma carnosum and Ganoderma lucidum.

• Ganoderma applanatum

  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISC2003/ganoinse.htm
  Photograph of an old specimen of this bracket fungus and what was found when it was turned over.

• Ganoderma applanatum

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/march99.html
  Article by Tom Volk on this perennial shelf fungus, information on Polypores in general, and a photograph of another species, Ganoderma lucidum.

• Ganoderma applanatum

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/ross_rach/
  Student project on the artist's conk including classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

• Ganoderma applanatum

  http://www.apsnet.org/publications/imageresources/Pages/IW000041.aspx
  Photograph of fruiting bodies of this fungus showing the dusting of basidiospores on surrounding foliage.

• Ganoderma lucidum, Reishi or Ling Zhi

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/mar2005.html
  This species is used in oriental medicine and can be cultured on logs. Article with photographs by Tom Volk.

• Gloeophyllum trabeum

  http://www.commanster.eu/commanster/Mushrooms/Basidio/SpBasidio/Gloeophyllum.trabeum.html
  Two photographs of this fungus on a dead log, and photographs of its typical habitat.

• Grifola frondosa

  http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/r150317.htm
  Several photographs of this bracket fungus, commonly known as Hen of the Woods, including enlarged images.

• Grifola frondosa, the Hen of the Woods

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/nov2006.html
  Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this edible fungus which is known as maitake in Japan where it is cultivated on artificial logs composed of sawdust.

• Hydnellum aurantium

  http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/auranti.html
  Photographs of this species and its spores.

• Hydnellum caeruleum

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/aug2003.html
  An article by Sean Westmoreland and Tom Volk on this strange species with indeterminate fruiting bodies.

• Hydnellum peckii: Bleeding Tooth Fungus

  http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gbarron/MISCE2002/hpeckii.htm
  Description of this species, and photograph of it exuding droplets of red fluid.

• Hyphodontia arguta

  http://www.commanster.eu/commanster/Mushrooms/Basidio/ABasidio/Hyphodontia.arguta.html
  Photographs of this species and its typical habitat.

• Irpex lacteus

  http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Irpex_lacteus_01_Paula_DeSanto.htm
  Photograph of this species.

• Phanerochaete chrysosporium

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/feb2007.html
  Tom Volk and his colleagues discovered that this crust fungus can degrade phenolic resin plastics which are used in laminating formica and which were previously thought to be non-biodegradable.

• Phlebia coccineofulva, Hyphoderma puberum and Pulcherricium caeruleum

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/july2000.html
  Illustrated article by Tom Volk on these three crust fungi, often found on the underside of decaying logs in the forest.

• Polypores

  http://mykoweb.prf.jcu.cz/polypores/
  Dr Josef Vlasak displays the extensive collection of these fungi he has built, gathered from the Czech and Slovak Republics and the USA.

• Polyporus sp.

  http://www.dipbot.unict.it/sistematica/Polypor.html
  Microscopic image.

• Postia

  http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/r150369.htm
  Many photographs of this bracket fungus including magnified images of the pores, chlamydospores and spores.

• Radulomyces confluens

  http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/r152890.htm
  Several photographs of this resupinate fungus.

• Schizoporaceae

  http://www.commanster.eu/commanster/Mushrooms/Basidio/Schizoporaceae.html
  Photographs of Hyphodontia arguta, Hyphodontia sambuci and Schizopora paradoxa.

• Sistotrema confluens

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2007.html
  Tom Volk provides photographs and information on this odd tooth fungus in honor of the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus.

• Sistotrema confluens

  http://www.nybg.org/bsci/res/hall/sistotrema.html
  Photograph and information on this polypore from the paramo of Costa Rica.

• Sparassis crispa

  http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct2008.html
  Tom Volk provides photographs and information on the cauliflower or noodle mushroom.

• Sparassis crispa

  http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/r151433.htm
  Several photographs of this fungus, commonly known as the Wood Cauliflower.

• Steccherinum ochraceum

  http://americanmushrooms.com/taxa/Steccherinum_ochraceum_01_Paula_DeSanto.htm
  Photograph of this species.

• Terana caerulea

  http://www.pilzepilze.de/galerie/v/Lateinisch/T/terana/caerulea/
  Several photographs of this blue species.

• Trametes versicolor

  http://www.pilzepilze.de/galerie/v/Lateinisch/T/trametes/versicolor/
  Several photographs of this multicolored bracket fungus.

 

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