The Resinous or Late Fall Polypore | How To Identify & Cook | Wild Fungi (Season 1) скачать в хорошем качестве

The Resinous or Late Fall Polypore | How To Identify & Cook | Wild Fungi (Season 1)

Interesting Facts The species was originally described as Boletus resinosus in 1794 by German botanist Heinrich Schrader. It has acquired an extensive synonymy in its taxonomic history, having been juggled between several genera. Petter Karsten transferred it to Ischnoderma in 1879 to give it the name by which it is currently known. It occurs in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. In the United States it is common east of the Great Plains, less common west of the Rocky Mountains, and mostly absent in between. The Resinous Polypore, or Ischnoderma resinosum, occurs singly or in groups on fallen hardwood tree trunks and branches sometimes in overlapping clusters. It causes a white to yellow rot of the trees that separates the annual rings in the wood and often smells like anise. They can fruit until the first hard freeze. Type Bracket fungi. Distinguishing Features This fungi’s cap has a folded over edge above a spreading pore surface making it look like mummified ears. Late fall polypore are velvety to touch and sometimes they emit droplets of water, which ball up on top of the resinous surface like beads. When young it is quite thick and fleshy, with a pale brownish surface and a thick white margin. In maturity they are dark brown, sometimes with zones of color, fairly smooth, dry, and tough. A tan to reddish brown resin often encrusts these fungi, whose interiors are white. There is no stem. Height These do not have a stem to give it height but caps are up to 25 cm or 10 inches wide and 2.5 cm or 1 inch thick Habitat Saprobic, which means Obtaining nutrients from non living organic matter, such as decaying plant or animal matter. This fungi can be found on the deadwood of conifers and hardwoods and conifers. Prefers both recently fallen wood and on old downed wood. Spore Print White. Season September to November. Gills not applicable. Instead, contains a sponge like fertile surface of tiny “pores”. Edibility This fungi is said to be edible when young due to high water content; although edible this is not necessarily palatable. They become cork like with age and inedible. Other Name Late Fall Polypore. Similar species Benzoin Bracket or Ischnoderma benzoinum is a similar polypore that grows only on conifers. It is sometimes treated as a synonym of Ischnoderma resinosum. The cap is thinner and it has slightly darker flesh.