Classification: Maybe Stereum hirsutum
Phylum Basidiomycota
Class Agaricomycetes
Order Russulales
Family Stereaceae
Isolation and culturing methods:
This fruiting body was collected on April 15th at Dale’s Ridge Trail in Lewisburg, PA, It was on a fallen trunk, in clusters. It was placed in a paper bag and brought back to the lab to further analyze and identify.
Culture appearance and growth
Many caps are fused together. The cap is not that thick or big. The fungi vary in sizes. The cap is a fan shape. The texture is velvety and the cap is zonate. It ranges in color from grey to orange. The hymenium is pored and light browned /orange They do not have a stipe.
