eat-bolete Posted December 7, 2014 Report Posted December 7, 2014 Ventured out to the woods on Friday in search of oysters, but found none. Instead, found some P. Betulinus (I think) and others that I can't ID, which is described below. Flesh thin, mostly pores, very flexible, hard to break, grew on a birch log, pore color is interesting, changing color at different angle of light hitting it.
4rum Posted December 7, 2014 Report Posted December 7, 2014 The flesh on that one you broke open is awesome. Looks like it would be good to eat if found fresh. I'm not familiar with the species at all. Hope it's good and plentiful !
Dave W Posted December 8, 2014 Report Posted December 8, 2014 Yup, Birch Polypore, Piptoporus betulinus. McIlvaine said it was edible and tender when young. I fried some once. Bitter, not at all enjoyable. Other polypores with the larger pores are probably Trametes elegans. Pores with variable shape, including maze-like, and expanding in age.
eat-bolete Posted December 8, 2014 Author Report Posted December 8, 2014 Yeah it seemed kinda tough to eat so I didn't even try. the second fungus matches the description of T. elegans well on mushroomexpert, except that pore surface is described as whitish, and these ones are olivaceaous or yellow brown...maybe they get darker with age
Dave W Posted December 9, 2014 Report Posted December 9, 2014 Yeah, those polypores with the large pores look to be significantly past maturity. Colors are apt to darken, yellow, or fade with advanced age. Polypores do not readily rot.
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