Microporus xanthopus

Microporus xanthopus (Fr.) Kuntze, 1898 (syn: Coriolus xanthopus (Fr.) G. Cunn., 1950; Microporus florideus (Berk.) Kuntze, 1898; Microporus pterygodes (Fr.) Kuntze, 1898; Polyporus cupreonitens Kalchbr., 1881; Polyporus florideus Berk., 1854; Polyporus pterygodes Fr., 1838; Polyporus saccatus Pers., 1827; Polyporus xanthopus Fr., 1818; Polyporus xanthopus var. leucopus Jungh., 1838; Polyporus xanthopus var. rhodopus Lév., 1844; Polyporus xanthopus var. xanthopus Fr., 1818; Polystictus florideus (Berk.) Cooke, 1886; Polystictus pterygodes (Fr.) Fr., 1851; Polystictus xanthopus (Fr.) Fr., 1851; Polystictus xanthopus var. florideus (Berk.) Bres., 1913; Polystictus xanthopus var. nigripes Henn.; Polystictus xanthopus var. xanthopus (Fr.) Fr., 1851; Trametes xanthopus (Fr.) Corner, 1989); 


 

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fungus for id, mm3 08102011:  yet another fungus for id
my place in alibaug
496 is a different specimen but the same species i think 

Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

I think the pic on top shows the fungi at a younger stage. Pic taken 09-12-09 at 8am in the Edamalayar Forest, Thattekad, Kerala. Request full Bot ID. Are these fungi a rich store of antioxiadants? Would appreciate information.

The basidiocarp in attached photo belongs to the fungi Coltricia cinnamomea.

Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

 

The forest, we know, possesses untold treasures. But the best part is perhaps, when you encounter them, where you least expect them – on the bark of a dead tree, stumps, under a fallen bough under a decayed branch. I am referring to the colourful fungi found lined up on dead tree trunks and branches. Red, Yellow, brown or white – they are very pretty to look and add beauty to the forest.
One has to only imagine and these wood decomposer’s in a natural eco-system assume various forms – lined up straight together, they make a beautiful staircase, lined up horizontally they resemble little lamps, like the ones used during deepawali. Sometimes, it is difficult to even spot the fungi. Like for instance when white fungi are found partially buried/covered with red mud and when fallen leaves shield them.  
(Related to Polyporales: The Polypores ? Turkey tail ….)
Dhoni forest, Western ghats, Near Palakkad
Kerala
07Dec2009
Size:3-4 inches
This Polyporales member is Coltricia cinnamomea (Jacq.) Murr.Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. 31: 343 1904. ( Synonym: Polyporus cinnamomeus (Jacq.) Pres.) commonly this group of fungi are known as ” Funnel cap mushrooms” due to their inverted funnel like cap . Please see the under surface of the fungi from the photo you will see many pore like structures that’s why they are from the order Polyporales..  Coltricia cinnamomea the color vary a lot from as dark as your to light color so many a times people get confused…..  Anyways great capture 
Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

The forest, we know, possesses untold treasures. But the best part is perhaps, when you encounter them, where you least expect them – on the bark of a dead tree, stumps, under a fallen bough under a decayed branch. I am referring to the colourful fungi found lined up on dead tree trunks and branches. Red, Yellow, brown or white – they are very pretty to look  and add beauty to the forest.
One has to only imagine and these wood decomposer’s in a natural eco-system assume various forms – lined up straight together, they make a beautiful staircase, lined up horizontally they resemble little lamps, like the ones used during deepawali. Sometimes, it is difficult to even spot the fungi. Like for instance when white fungi are found partially buried/covered with red mud and when fallen leaves shield them.  
(Related to Polyporales: The Polypores ? Turkey tail ….)
Karian shola, Top Slip (Hills),  Near Pollachi, Coimbatore Western ghats, Tamil Nadu
06Dec2009
Size:3-4 inches

This one is also Coltricia cinnamomea look closely !!! Nice shot!! It has the same inverted infundibular shape. It was splendid to see Fungi photo out here few are posted by the members.
Your quick response is much appreciated. Thanks, …!  It’s indeed a delight to have our  flora identities (including the lesser known one’s) revealed by young intellectuals and enthusiasts like you in this eflora group. Way to go !
I  indeed get very happy and excited when I see photos of Fungi out here in the group because my specialization in Botany is Mycology and Plant Pathology and not Taxonomy. Are you surprised !!!!!. But I try to contribute for plant taxonomy because I like this aspect very much as one can’t have more than one specialization in a subject so cant I … Your photos were really nice and I was very happy that I could identify the fungi for you…!!
I am surprised but extremely happy to learn that we have a specialist in Mycology and Plant Pathology, I always thought you are an expert taxonomist. My interests and specialization also is in the same subject. But I am very busy these days in going thru the page proofs of my book ”TEXT BOOK OF FUNGI & THEIR ALLIES’ which is due to be released shortly. The pics posted by … were very good. When I am free I will post some pics of fungi which I have captured and need to be identified.
I will be extremely happy and comfortable if you kindly call me by my name without adding any suffixes (like Ji and all). I do keep my interest in Mycology and Plant Pathology as that of you. I am expert in nothing because of my age and limited knowledge resource. I have more things to learn now rather to deliver from my side which I partially try to get hold of from this group. I only make a little effort to identify plants, algae, fungi and all which are in my knowledge in contrast to this you have dedicated more than half of your life in betterment of this subject. See itself you have the power to write down a book but I never even think of it. You are too generous to tag me as an expert which I am not even close to!!! Your profile shows you have 6 published books, 6 publications in national journals, 3 in international journals and 25 seminars attended your work is enormous but I will be very happy if I can help you to identify any material with my limited resources. Thanks for your mail I am extremely happy to learn about what my senior colleagues think about me and also the confidence which they have on me.
Your ID is 100% correct this is Coltricia cinnamomea. I have also collected the same species from Balaghat forest and reported in M.Sc. Thesis of my student. This species of basidiomycetes is very common wood rotter in balaghat forest. Almost every alternate dead twig are colonized by this fungus.

Thank you for the validation of my and ID and also for the information regarding the distribution pattern of C cinnamomea.
Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

Seen this mushroom on the way to Sunset point, Matheran.
Date : 22.8.10   time : 2.00 p.m.
Kindly identify the mushroom.

Is it Ganoderma sp. …?

This is Coltricia cinnamomea
Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

Photographed at my farm at Shahapur yesterday (20.9.10)

Coltricia cinnamomea (Jacq.) Murr.
Bull. Torr. Bot. Cl. 31: 343. 1904.

Synonym: Polyporus cinnamomeus (Jacq.) Pres.
Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

Thattekad bio-diversity was really impressive. We found some amazing mushrooms. Would really appreciate ID confirmation of these images.

Mushroom1ID-closeup2.jpg- Coltricia cinnamomea
Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

could someone identify the fungi please
Date & Time        10/11/10
Location: Place, Altitude, GPS        Chethalayam, Wayanad.
Habitat: Garden, Urban, Wild Type:        Wild
Plant Habit: Tree, Shrub, Climber, Herb        Fungi
Height, Length.        60 mm along the length and 35 mm along broader of width.
Coltricia cinnamomea
My search for Colticia cinnamomea yielded the following link. Could it be possible that so many
Different colour is expected from the species starting from pale cream colour to bark brown and even black.

Thank You … My question though is that there are so many different kinds of mushrooms looking totally different to the one posted by me. some are with stem, some are thick and fleshy, Do all these come under Coliticia Cinnamomea?

Actually I believe the answer is yes. 

I just tried the colour example to demonstrate the variability in this particular mushroom

Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

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ID Request from North Bengal – 23Jun09:SJ : 8 posts by 5 authors. 1 image.

am assuming that I am not violating any rules by posting a photo of a mushroom in a forest (near Suntaleykhola) in North Bengal in early October. Would really appreciate your kind help with the ID.

its called as Polystrictus

i shall have a look in my mushroom books, as soon as i have some time. When sending mushrooms if you take a picture from the underside, it helps a lot to identify it.

Thats good to know, … Thank you.  
This mushroom was ID-ed by someone from this forum some time back as Bracket Fungus.

i doubt, if it is a bracket fungus. I have seen many bracket fungus, but they are not so round.
I still will have a look and ask experts here.

Lovely pic. I suppose it may be Polystictus cinnamomeus. I think it is also a bracket fungus. Most bracket fungi attach to wood or logs by brackets, some may have stipes too (I am not very sure).

Thank you all for your inputs and suggestions. It will be interesting to know the final ID.

Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

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SK1811 27 Feb 2019 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)

Location:  Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal
Date: 23 January 2014
Elevation : 1475 m.

Habit : Wild 

Coltricia sp.
Family – Hymenochaetaceae

… may you please tell us the host tree name on which its growing… 

As there’s no underside images available. It may also we Microporus sp. 

Family – Polyporaceae

Thanks, …, for the genus id.
To me appears close to images at Coltricia cinnamomea (Jacq.) Murrill

How can we sure of the species level ID. was a spore print done? were spores examined microscopically?
i am sending you a link, that shows id at species level 
In their Materials and Methods section they describe and give references to the method
I quote:  Standard method of collection, preservation, macro and microscopic studies were followed (Kumar et al., 1990; Atri et al., 2003) and the shape, size and colour of fresh specimen were recorded before preservation. The spore prints were taken according to the guidelines given by Michel Kuo (2001), then the spore morphology such as shape and size were recorded and photographed with the aid trinocular microscope in University Scientific Instrumentation Centre. end quote

IT is spelled out in black and white and in simple english, there is no scientific mumbo jumbo….

I would be happy if we decide as a group of citizen scientists to keep diagnosis of Mushrooms at Genus level and if we want to be brave we could say THIS species id is suggested by the gross morphology only.





unless someone like … agrees to its ID

Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

Microporus xanthopus (Fr.) Kuntze.
Listed in Mahesh Adhikari Book.

Microporus xanthopus it is. …, I don’t trust these’ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr_Ab_Hamid_wani/publication/286492289_Three_hitherto_unreported_macro-fungi_from_Kashmir_Himalaya/links/5677db0908ae125516ee4375.pdf ‘ hitherto papers from kashmir as the identification in these papers has been done under 400x and the taxonomic characters required for species determination are missing.

 

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SK1800 20 Feb 2019 – Mycophyta : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)- 2 mb and 3 mb. 

Location:  Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal
Date: 14 September 2013
Elevation : 1475 m.

Habit : Wild  

It’s Coltricia sp.

Family – Hymenochaetaceae

Thanks, …, for the genus id.
To me appears close to images at Coltricia cinnamomea (Jacq.) Murrill

How can we sure of the species level ID. was a spore print done? were spores examined microscopically?
i am sending you a link, that shows id at species level 
In their Materials and Methods section they describe and give references to the method
I quote:  Standard method of collection, preservation, macro and microscopic studies were followed (Kumar et al., 1990; Atri et al., 2003) and the shape, size and colour of fresh specimen were recorded before preservation. The spore prints were taken according to the guidelines given by Michel Kuo (2001), then the spore morphology such as shape and size were recorded and photographed with the aid trinocular microscope in University Scientific Instrumentation Centre. end quote

IT is spelled out in black and white and in simple english, there is no scientific mumbo jumbo….

I would be happy if we decide as a group of citizen scientists to keep diagnosis of Mushrooms at Genus level and if we want to be brave we could say THIS species id is suggested by the gross morphology only.


unless someone like … agrees to its ID

True … this has been a sore point and just to strengthen the point (although I think enough has been said)… here’s a quote by Michael Quo
“I suppose now is not the best time to tell you that this identification process is going to fail a lot—even, perhaps, most of the time. There are several reasons for this, but suffice it to say that mushroom identification is difficult, often technical, and sometimes impossible. This is a hard nugget to swallow for those who have used field guides to identify trees or birds, for example, and expect the mushroom world to be equally easy to penetrate. One doesn’t need a microscope to identify a North American tree, and plenty of field guides can be found that include more or less all the tree species native to the continent. With mushrooms, one does need a microscope, much of the time—and no one even knows how many thousands of mushroom species there are.”

Thanks … we don’t want to be laughing stock of the Mycology world just because some photographers keep asking for species level id for their mom and pop photos. because our // … database going to out last us and go far and wide. enough said.

Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus. However, underside need to be seen.

Microporus xanthopus (Fr.) Kuntze.
Listed in Mahesh Adhikari Book.

This can only be Identified as Polyporaceae member.

As no clear underside images are present however a little section of underside is visible showing possibly smaller pores so i suspect it can be Microporus sp., but many polypore look much similar so a closeup view of underside pores is must…

Could be Microporus, need to see the underside

Out of 4 Microporus, Microporus vernicipes, flabelliformis, affinis and xanthopus listed in book (unless added later) Microporus xanthopus looks better match.

 

 

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Ganoderma species ? : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 1 author.
On 11/10/09 in Ananthagiri HIll forest in Rangareddy district of Andhra Pradesh.

I think diameter was around 3cm with the fungi attached to the wood as in the picture. I think it was quite hard though I didn’t try to break it. It was seen possibly attached to the roots of a large tree appearing above the ground. 

Then I think it is Ganoderma from Ganodermataceae

Appears close to images at Coltricia cinnamomea 

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Fungi for Id. dt 251217sn1 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)

May I know which Fungi is this on branch of a dead tree. Pictures taken at Aambyvalley Rd.,Lonavala,Pune in Oct.16. To me it looks like Ganoderma sp..

Yes, you may be right. 

Thanks … Looks like it.

Appears more close to images at Coltricia cinnamomea

Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

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SK1785 13 Feb 2019 – Mycophyta : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) – 2 mb and 3 mb.

Location: Pharping, Nepal
Date: 4 February 2017
Altitude: 1415 m.

Habit : Wild

Polyporus sp.?
Pl. check Polyporaceae‎ as suggested by …
Looks Microporus sp.

Family – Polyporaceae
Appears close to images at Coltricia cinnamomea 

Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

Microporus xanthopus (Fr.) Kuntze.
Listed in Mahesh Adhikari Book.

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Fungi-ID REG. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)

Anyone of respective personality in our circle please help me for its correct identity, which I collected from Kollam district of Kerala

Picture size is too small.
Pl. post a bigger picture to see the details.

See Polyporus brumelis
Appears close to images at Coltricia cinnamomea 
Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.
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SK1780 08 Feb 2019 – Mycophyta : 8 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- around 750 kb each. 
Location : Chautara, Sindhupalchok, Nepal
Date : 17 december 2017

Elevation : 1500 m.

Habit : Wild 
547 f: ein Stielporling- from another thread from …
I think this means Polyporus in English as per
Appears close to images at Coltricia cinnamomea
Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

Microporus xanthopus (Fr.) Kuntze.
Listed in Mahesh Adhikari Book.
 

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SK1810 27 Feb 2019 – Mycophyta : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)
Location:  Godawari, Lalitpur, Nepal
Date: 23 January 2014
Elevation : 1475 m.

Habit : Wild 

Appears close to images at Coltricia cinnamomea
Pl. see difference between two species (from the same author) as below:

http://australianfungi.blogspot.com/2010/09/49-coltricia-cinnamomea.html

Based on the above, posted images may be of Microporus xanthopus.

Microporus xanthopus (Fr.) Kuntze.
Listed in Mahesh Adhikari Book.

 

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Fungi:Microporus xanthopus—-for sharing : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2)

Pics taken at Aambyvalley Rd.,Off Lonavala,Pune in Sept.17

Coltricia perennis (FR.) Murr.  ??          

I doubt Coltricia perennis is found in tropics. Though I will check
Thanks, …,
Just based on the upper portion, you may be right as per difference between two species (from the same author) as below:
Based on the above, most of our observation in efi site may be of Microporus xanthopus.
I will take them one by one again.
 

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SK 2489 28 February 2020 – Mycophyta : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (4)

Location :  Suryabinayak
Date: 26 September 2016
Elevation : 1500m.
Habitat : Wild

I think … already pointed out the genus in similar other post.

I don’t think its Coltricia sp. see the underside pores are really very small even not clearly visible by eyes and also much white in color…

These are atleast larger in Coltricia sp. and underside not entirely white, so it should be Microporus sp.

Microporus xanthopus ?? Microporus affinis ?? 

Likely Microporus xanthopus because M. affinis generally doesn’t have stipe arising from the centre of pileus, in M. affinis stipe is close to one side of pileus …

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