Coriolopsis gallica (Fr.) Ryvarden
brownflesh bracket
Polyporaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
brownflesh bracket
Polyporaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
"When typically developed this is an easy species to recognize because of its quite thick basidiocarps with a hispid to villose, often grayish pileus, large pores, and a brown pore-surface and context", (Gilbertson). "The combination of large-diameter pores, coarsely hairy (bristly) pileus surface, and large basidiospores separate these species [Coriolopsis gallica and C. trogii] from nearly all other polypores in British Columbia", (Ginns(28)).
Chemical Reactions:
flesh at first black in KOH, then fading back to almost the original color
Microscopic:
spores 10-16 x 3-5 microns, cylindric, smooth, inamyloid, colorless, thin-walled, spores sometimes varying considerably even in the same fruitbody; basidia 20-40 x 5.5-8 microns, clavate; cystidia absent; hyphal system trimitic: generative hyphae 2-4.5 microns wide, thin-walled, colorless and clamped, binding hyphae 2.5-4.5 microns wide, "tortuous, thick-walled to almost solid, light golden brown", skeletal hyphae 2.5-6 microns wide, "thick-walled to solid, golden brown in trama and context, hyaline in the tomentum", (Gilbertson), spores 10-15 x 4.5-5.5 microns, elliptic-cylindric, smooth, inamyloid, colorless, (Breitenbach)
Spore Deposit:
white, (Buczacki)
Notes:
Coriolopsis gallica has been found in BC, WA, OR, ID, AB, MB, NS, SK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NY, OH, OK, TX, UT, WI, and WY, (Gilbertson). It also occurs in Europe, Asia, Africa, (Breitenbach).
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Coriolopsis trogii has white to pale cream flesh, the ochraceous buff pore surface has pores 1-2 per millimeter, and spores measure 8-12 x 2.5-4.0 microns, whereas C. gallica has yellowish brown to dark brown flesh, the grayish brown to gray pore surface has pores 0.3-1 per millimeter, and spores measure 10-16 x 3-5 microns, (Ginns(28)). C. trogii is generally paler and has a white to wood-colored pore surface and white tubes and context (Gilbertson), Coriolopsis trogii has light colored flesh without a KOH reaction (Breitenbach)Habitat
annual, on dead hardwood, most common on Salix (willow) and Populus spp., very rarely on conifers, (Gilbertson), single or in groups or rows on dead or living wood of hardwoods, (Breitenbach), fall (Buczacki)
Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Phellinus ferruginosus (Schrad.: Fr.) Bourdot & Galzin Hym.
Polyporus ferruginosus Schrad.: Fr.
Polyporus gallicus Fr.
Polyporus lindheimerii Berk. & M.A. Curtis
Trametes peckii Kalchbr.
Trametes stuppeus Berk. & M.A. Curtis