Synonyms: Grifola sumstinei, Polypilus sumstinei, Polyporus sumstinei.
Common name: Black-staining Polypore.
Extract from Wikipedia article: Meripilus sumstinei, commonly known as the giant polypore or the black-staining polypore, is a species of fungus in the family Meripilaceae. Originally described in 1905 by William Alphonso Murrill as Grifola sumstinei, it was transferred to Meripilus in 1988. It is found in North America, where it grows in large clumps on the ground around the base of oak trees and tree stumps. The mushroom is edible.
Arabic: مريبيل سومستيني.
Black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021
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Circular cluster of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Upper view of a circular cluster of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Grayish yellow, fan-shaped caps of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Fan-shaped caps bruising black when cut or touched of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Smooth pore surface bruising brown or black when touched of a polypore mushroom Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Irregular rosette from the same branched stem of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Side view of a circular cluster of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Fleshy, grayish yellow, fan-shaped caps of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Close-up of fleshy, grayish yellow, fan-shaped caps of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 18, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 21, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Upper view of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 21, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Irregular rosette of black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei at the base of dry Mexican plum in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 21, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Black-staining polypore mushrooms Meripilus sumstinei in mature stage in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, August 24, 2021Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USAMushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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