English > Polyporaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees. |
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| Synonym | family Polyporaceae |
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| Member of | Aphyllophorales, order Aphyllophorales | Includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies |
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| Members | Albatrellus, genus Albatrellus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae |
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| Albatrellus dispansus | A rare fungus having a large (up to 14 inches wide) yellow fruiting body with multiple individual caps and a broad central stalk and a fragrant odor |
| Albatrellus ovinus, sheep polypore | A fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk |
| Fomes, genus Fomes | genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size |
| Neolentinus, genus Neolentinus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae |
| Neolentinus ponderosus | A gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk |
| Nigroporus, genus Nigroporus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae |
| Nigroporus vinosus | A woody pore fungus with a dark brown to red brown cap and spore surface and small pores |
| Oligoporus, genus Oligoporus | A genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae |
| Oligoporus leucospongia | A pore fungus with a whitish cottony soft cap found on conifer logs in forests / forests at high elevation in the western United States and adjacent Canada |
| Polyporus, genus Polyporus | type genus of the Polyporaceae |
| Broader | fungus family | Includes lichen families |
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