User:Sasata/Sandbox/Polyporus ciliatus

Polyporus ciliatus is a species of fungi in the genus Polyporus. This species may be distinguihed from others on the genus by its pale stalk and very small pores. It causes a white rot in various hardwood species.

Description
Fruitbodies are erect, solitary or gregarious, centrally stalked. Cap round, flat to umbilicate, 3-10 cm diameter, 2-7 mm thick, thin margin involute when dry; upper surface smooth or very finely adpressed squamulose, edge ciliate when young, ochraceous or pale brown at first, becoming umber to dark brown or blackish brown; lower surface pale cream to straw-colored, pores 5-7 per mm. Stalk 2-7 x 0.5-1 cm, finely tomentose, pale ochraceous to greyish brown, sometimes spotted or streaked.

Microscopic features
Spores are cylindrical to allantoid, hyaline, smooth, 5–7 &times; 2 µm. The basidia are club-shaped, 4-spored, with dimension of 16–22 &times; 4-6.5 µm.

Habitat and distribution
P. ciliatus grows on dead hardwoods such as Acer, Aesculus, Alnus, Betula, Corylus, Cornus, Cratageus, Eucalyptus, Fagus, Fraxinus,Malus, Populus, Prunus, Pyrus, Rhamnus, Robinia, Quercus, Salix, Sorbus, Tilia, and Ulmus, but rarely on conifers such asAbies, Picea, and Pinus.