| Meaning | woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent. |
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| Synonyms | polypore, pore fungus |
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| Narrower | 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 |
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| 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 |
| Neolentinus ponderosus | A gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk |
| Nigroporus vinosus | A woody pore fungus with a dark brown to red brown cap and spore surface and small pores |
| 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 squamosus, scaly polypore | A fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity |
| Polyporus tenuiculus | A fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores |
| beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica | A popular edible fungus with a cap the color / color of liver or raw meat |
| bracket fungus, shelf fungus | A woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures |
| Broader | basidiomycete, basidiomycetous fungi | Any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota |
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