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Bondarzewia berkeleyi:
Its nick-name, Stump Blossom, suits it. A gigantic edible. Grows tough with age. Location: Otter Creek Wilderness, MNF, VA.
Fomes fomentarius: Tinder Polypore. Native
Americans dried it and used it to start fires, hence the name. Location: Otter Creek Wilderness, MNF, WV.
Fomitopsis pinicola, Red-belted Polypore: Hard with equally
hard white to pale yellow pore surface. Location: BFT, PA.
Grifola frondosa: Hen of the Woods. Edibility
rated "Choice" but this one, releasing its white spores, is way beyond its prime.
Location: Tuscarora/Massanutten Mt Trail, GWNF, VA.
Ganoderma applanatum: Artist's Palette or
Artist's Fungus. Looks like a palette but artists have used its surface to paint on. Location: Red Creek Trail just down river
from "The Forks ", Dolly Sods, MNF, WV.
White Cheese Polypore (Tyromyces chioneus): Moist and
soft while young. Pores round to angular. Not edible. Location: Middle Patuxent River, MD. Photo by Ken Clark.
Panus Rudis - Rudy Panus: Grows on wood. Quite hairy. Fan or Kidney Shaped. Gills descending to stalk.
Found from spring through fall. Location Flag Ponds, MD. Photo by Ken Clark.
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Laetiporus sulphureus: Sulfur Shelf or Chicken of the Woods. Gets tough with age but considered good eating until then.
Location: Hemlock Gorge, MD. Photo by Ken Clark.
Ganoderma tsugae (Hemlock Varnish Shelf): Growing on a log in Kelly's Run/Holtwood Recreation Area, PA. Only
found on Hemlock trees or their logs/stumps. Older specimens become more semicircular with dull red finish.
Ganoderma lucidum (Ling Chih or "Mushroom of Immortality"
in China): Similar to G. tsugae but grows only on broad leaf trees and stumps. The stalked specimens, as shown here, are valued
in the orient for medicinal uses.
Piptoporous betulinus, Birch Polypore: betulinus is latin for Birch,
the only tree this fungus grows on. Also called Barber Strop Polypore. Top is white turning brown with age. Note the upturned
lip.
Favolus (Polypore) alveolaris, Hexagonal-pored Polypore:
Older individuals have whiter caps. Younger are reddish-yellow to light red. May-November. Edible. Location: Jug Bay, Patuxent
River, MD. Photo by Ken Clark.
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Stereum ostrea: False Turkey Tail. Location:
Sherman's Gap Trail, Massanutten Mt, GWNF, VA.
Trametes versicolor: Turkey Tail. This stump
and an adjacent log was covered with this fungus. The photo was taken in the winter hence the faded colors. Location: Gunpowder
South Trail, GSP, MD.
Hericium erinaceus: Hedgehog Tooth Fungus. No branching w/short
teeth. Good eating. Location: Long Mt Tr, GWNF, VA.
Hericium americanum: Lion's Mane / Bear's Head Tooth. A branched
tooth fungus. Teeth very long. Choice eating. Location: Mylius Trail, Otter Creek Wilderness, MNF, WV.
Hapalopilus nidulans, Tender Nesting Polypore: Ochre in
color w/yellow to brown, soft pore surface. June-November. Location: BFT, PA.
A baby mushroom found during a hike, and the same specimen 6 days later. Dryad’s Saddle or Pheasant's Back
Mushroom (Polyporus squamosus) typically grows on the side of a tree trunk, so it is unusual to find this round/centric
form. Photo by Ken Clark. Location: Patapsco State Park, Daniels Area, MD.
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