Fuscoporia ferrea (Pers.) G. Cunn.
cinnamon porecrust
Hymenochaetaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
cinnamon porecrust
Hymenochaetaceae
Species account author: Ian Gibson.
Extracted from Matchmaker: Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.
Introduction to the Macrofungi
Photograph
Species Information
Summary:
Features include a yellow-brown pore surface growing flat on wood, small pores, and microscopic characters including setae in the spore-bearing surface. The description is derived from Gilbertson(1) except where noted.
Odor:
indistinct (Buczacki)
Taste:
indistinct (Buczacki)
Microscopic:
spores 5-7.5 x 2-2.5 microns, cylindric, smooth, inamyloid, colorless; basidia 4-spored, 12-14 x 5-6 microns, clavate, simple-septate at base; setae abundant, 22-29 x 6-7 microns, subulate [awl-shaped] to slightly ventricose, brown in KOH, thick-walled; hyphae in context 2-4.5 microns wide, dark brown to almost colorless in KOH; thick-walled or thin-walled, with rare branching, rarely simple-septate; hyphae of trama similar
Spore Deposit:
white (Buczacki)
Notes:
Fuscoporia ferrea has been found in BC, WA, OR, ID, AB, NB, NF, NS, PE, SK, AK, CA, FL, MD, MT, NT, NY, PA, TN, VA, and WV, (Gilbertson)
Habitat and Range
SIMILAR SPECIES
Fuscoporia ferruginosa "has shorter spores and usually has setal hyphae in the marginal and context tissue", (Gilbertson). F. ferruginosa has a reddish brown pore surface, broader spores (3.0-3.5 microns wide), longer setae (up to 65 microns long), and typically, "setal hyphae in the margin and contest", (Ginns).Habitat
perennial, on dead wood of conifers and hardwoods, associated with uniform white rot, (Gilbertson), all year (Buczacki)