Polyporus melanopus

Polyporus melanopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Polyporus
Species: P. melanopus
Binomial name
Polyporus melanopus
(Pers.) Fr. 1821

Polyporus melanopus is a species of mushroom in the genus Polyporus. It can be found growing on dead wood.

Description

Polyporus melanopus has a brown velvety cap which grows up to 10 cm across.

See also

The genus Polyporus.

References

Polyporus melanopus in Index Fungorum
Polyporus melanopus in MycoBank.

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