Cinnabar-red Polypore
(Pycnoporus cinnabarinus)
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This bright orange-red, tough polypore has a semicircular to kidney-shaped, flat, cinnabar-red to orange stalkless cap 1-5 inches wide.
photo by "Wildman"
The tubes that run to the pores, and the pores themselves, are too small to see without magnification. The pore surface is the same color as the cap.
photo by "Wildman"
The spore print is white.
This attractive-looking, conspicuous mushroom decomposes dead hardwoods.
photo by "Wildman"
It ranges throughout North America, and you can find it all year. It's easy to identify, but way to tough to eat.
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