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Laetiporus conifericola  — Sulphur Shelf — Fomitopsidaceae


Large annual polypore. Usually in overlapping clusters, the individual caps shelf-like. Surface smooth but uneven, margin wavy; bright orange to yellow-orange, paler at the margin. In age, whitish and eventually crumbling. Pores very small, yellow. Saprophytic as well as parasitic.
 
 
Habitat:  Usually in clusters on standing conifer snags, but sometimes on living trees as well. 

Scent: Not distinctive

Spores: White

Season: Autumn


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Overlapping clusters
Hoh Rain Forest trail, ONP

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Large annual polypore
Hoh Rain Forest trail, ONP

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