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Polypore is one of the most damaging but also prevalent members of this extensive family and lives on old trunks of fruit trees. Its fruit-bodies are juicy, meaty, heavy and very watery.
Polypore is one of the most damaging but also prevalent members of this extensive family and lives on old trunks of fruit trees. Its fruit-bodies are juicy, meaty, heavy and very watery. There also exist other species of this genus, the most frequently found being Helvella crispa, H. lacunosa and the minute H. macropus. Some of their common features are wide, ellipsoid and colourless spores which contain large drops of oil. This Polypore is one of the most damaging but also prevalent members of this extensive family and lives on old trunks of fruit trees. Its fruit-bodies are juicy, meaty, heavy and very watery. The stumps of various tree species provide a habitat for this very extensive group of fungi. Many.of them are minute, even microscopic, and so easily escape human attention, while others are striking in size, shape and colouring. One of the most abundant species is Calocera viscosa. Inonotus hispidus is an annual fungus which attacks orchards with apple and occasionally pear trees, causing great damage. It prefers older trees as their central wooden column rots quickly. In the past a yellow dye has been produced from its fruit bodies, used for painting and silk dying. In favourable conditions this fungus grows very fast, reaching a large size and weight, which can amount to as much as 5 kg when fresh. It is inedible. About the Author: |
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