Synonyms: Daedalea extensa, Macrohyporia extensa.
Common name: Tuckahoe.
Extract from Wikipedia article: Wolfiporia extensa (Peck) Ginns (syn. Poria cocos F.A.Wolf) is a fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a subterranean growth habit. It is notable in the development of a large, long-lasting underground sclerotium that resembles a small coconut. This sclerotium called "(Chinese) Tuckahoe" or fu-ling(茯苓, pīnyīn: fúlíng), is not the same as the true tuckahoe used as Indian bread by Native Americans, which is the arrow arum, Peltandra virginica, a flowering tuberous plant in the arum family. W. extensa is also used extensively as a medicinal mushroom in Chinese medicine. Indications for use in the traditional Chinese medicine include promoting urination, to invigorate the spleen function (i.e., digestive function), and to calm the mind.
Cantonese: 雲苓, Cebuano: Wolfiporia cocos, Chinese: 茯苓, French: Pachyme, Japanese: マツホド, Korean: 복령, Persian: فولینگ, Vietnamese: Phục linh.
Sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa dug out by hogs in a pine forest on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Remains of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa eaten by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Dissected fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Cross section of sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Fragments of sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Close-up of dissected fungus Wolfiporia extensa on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Sclerotium "Tuckahoe" of a wood-decay fungus Wolfiporia extensa in a shallow pit dug by hogs on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, April 10, 2020Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USAMushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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