polyporus ciliatus? (1 Viewer)

If I had to think of a name for this I would call it a "fringed polypore", so do you think it may be polyporus ciliatus? It was under newly planted larch trees, on what used to be a scrub willow site.
Thanks. Colin

Hi Colin,

Polyporus cilliatus occurs on wood and is has very dense, tough flesh - This, I assume, was on soil (and is far more interesting). The 'fringe' on the underside of the cap margin in this genus is left over from a membranous veil which covers the pores when the cap is unexpanded.

It's Suillus viscidus, which is a fussy mycorrhizal species (it only associates itself with Larch trees).

It could well be worth recording this one as it seems that it's only been reported from VC44 once previously (assuming you found it near Llaneli) and with Pine, so one could argue that it's a dubious record.

Cheers,
Nick

Thanks Nick, that's great.
I can now put that on our club blogsite and pretend I know something about fungi!
Much appreciated.
Colin