MycoKey : the species Meripilus giganteus

Generic short diagnoses: A very big, ochre to brown, clustered polypore, with pores and flesh turning brown to black, mostly growing at the base of deciduous trees; monomitic but with very thick-walled hyphae in the context.


Meripilus giganteus - DK: kæmpeporesvamp, UK: Giant Polypore

Meripilus giganteus , kæmpeporesvamp, Giant Polypore, storkjuke, jætteticka, Reuzenzwam, Gemeiner Riesenporling, Polypore à feuilles d
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-04.089
Meripilus giganteus , kæmpeporesvamp, Giant Polypore, storkjuke, jætteticka, Reuzenzwam, Gemeiner Riesenporling, Polypore à feuilles d
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-99.270
Meripilus giganteus , kæmpeporesvamp, Giant Polypore, storkjuke, jætteticka, Reuzenzwam, Gemeiner Riesenporling, Polypore à feuilles d
young fruit-bodies
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-04.089
Meripilus giganteus , kæmpeporesvamp, Giant Polypore, storkjuke, jætteticka, Reuzenzwam, Gemeiner Riesenporling, Polypore à feuilles d
pore surface
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, 22.08.1997/JHP-99.270
Meripilus giganteus , kæmpeporesvamp, Giant Polypore, storkjuke, jætteticka, Reuzenzwam, Gemeiner Riesenporling, Polypore à feuilles d
pore surface
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-08.197
Meripilus giganteus , kæmpeporesvamp, Giant Polypore, storkjuke, jætteticka, Reuzenzwam, Gemeiner Riesenporling, Polypore à feuilles d
pore surface
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, 22.08.1997/JHP-99.270
Meripilus giganteus , kæmpeporesvamp, Giant Polypore, storkjuke, jætteticka, Reuzenzwam, Gemeiner Riesenporling, Polypore à feuilles d
habitat
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-04.089
Meripilus giganteus , kæmpeporesvamp, Giant Polypore, storkjuke, jætteticka, Reuzenzwam, Gemeiner Riesenporling, Polypore à feuilles d
habitat
Illustration and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-04.089

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