100 Species #96: Porodisculus pendulus

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This collection of Porodisculus pendulus fruiting bodies is coming out of a Norway maple sapling that I cut down in the spring of this year.

"Polypore" is a term used for mushrooms that grow out of wood, and emit spores from pores on their underside. Most are tough and leathery or corky in texture, and many are medium to large mushrooms. Porodisculus pendulus is tiny; each mushroom is 2-8 mm in diameter. The scientific name translates to "little tiny pored disc that hangs down," which is as accurate a description as any creature can hope for. My field guides say that it prefers to grow on oak, but other sources say that it grows on any recently dead hardwood.

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Little noses! :)