Family: Albatrellaceae
Albatrellus ovinus
(Schaeff.) Kotl. & Pouzar
Sheep polypore
Albatrellus ovinus | Quartz Creek Cooper Landing
KEY ID FEATURES
- Growing with conifers ‒ terrestrial polypore.
- Fruitbodies sometimes in clumps or clusters.
- Medium-to-large, fleshy fruitbody. Whitish-to-yellow flesh.
- Small, tightly packed whitish pores.
- White-to-cream cap, often tan with cracks in age. Wavy or uneven.
NUTRITIONAL STRATEGY: Mycorrhizal with conifers
SPORE PRINT: White or creamy
EDIBILITY: Edible
SIMILAR SPECIES: Often mistaken for a Chanterelle or Hedgehog.
COLLECTIONS
- COLLECTION ID: AKFF-081-14
- LOCATION: Quartz Creek Campground, Cordova, AK
- DATE: 27-Aug-14
- NOTES: Cap 120-130 mm beige cap with cracks, creamy pores, staining yellow, whitish flesh staining yellow. No odor, taste mild. Growing under spruce, birch and aspen.
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