Polyporales Websites

Tom Volk provides photographs and information on this odd tooth fungus in honor of the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus.

Microscopic image.

Several photographs of this blue species.

Several photographs of this multicolored bracket fungus.

Photographs of Ganoderma carnosum and Ganoderma lucidum.

Description of this species, and photograph of it exuding droplets of red fluid.

Photograph of an old specimen of this bracket fungus and what was found when it was turned over.

Tom Volk and his colleagues discovered that this crust fungus can degrade phenolic resin plastics which are used in laminating formica and which were previously thought to be non-biodegradable.

Photographs and article by Tom Volk on this edible fungus which is known as maitake in Japan where it is cultivated on artificial logs composed of sawdust.

This species is used in oriental medicine and can be cultured on logs. Article with photographs by Tom Volk.

This species photographed in Puerto Rico.

Photograph of this species.

Photograph of this species.

An article by Sean Westmoreland and Tom Volk on this strange species with indeterminate fruiting bodies.

Photograph and information on this polypore from the paramo of Costa Rica.

Photograph of this species found here in the oak forests of Central America.

Photograph and information on this distinctive species with hexagonal pores.

Photographs of this species and its spores.

Several photographs of the Northern Tooth Fungus.

Article by Tom Volk on the Northern Tooth Fungus which is a parasite of trees, usually maples, and of how one specimen went travelling in the U.S.

Illustrated article by Tom Volk on these three crust fungi, often found on the underside of decaying logs in the forest.

Article by Tom Volk on this perennial shelf fungus, information on Polypores in general, and a photograph of another species, Ganoderma lucidum.

Photographs and a great deal of information on this species which is believed to produce the largest fruiting bodies of any fungus.

Two photographs of this strange fungus.

Several photographs of this species, also known as Irpex brevis.

Information from Wikipedia on this fungus, its characteristics and use as a biological control agent.

Photograph and description of this species.

Tom Volk provides photographs and information on the cauliflower or noodle mushroom.

Several photographs of this species growing on a rotten beech log, including microscopic images of basidia, hyphae and spores.

Several photographs of this bracket fungus, commonly known as Hen of the Woods, including enlarged images.

Several photographs of this resupinate fungus.

Several photographs of this fungus, commonly known as the Wood Cauliflower.

Many photographs of this bracket fungus including magnified images of the pores, chlamydospores and spores.

Dr Josef Vlasak displays the extensive collection of these fungi he has built, gathered from the Czech and Slovak Republics and the USA.

Photographs of this species and its typical habitat.

Photographs of Hyphodontia arguta, Hyphodontia sambuci and Schizopora paradoxa.

Two photographs of this fungus on a dead log, and photographs of its typical habitat.

Student project on the fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, including classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

Photograph of fruiting bodies of this fungus showing the dusting of basidiospores on surrounding foliage.