The drought conditions have spread into our area and we can note the effects on mushroom fruitings. In the main, our findings have been limited to Russula species with their variety of cap colors; red, yellow, greenish and brown. We have to look to understory logs that still hold some moisture and allow for growth of shelf fungi.
One of these decomposers, Tyromyces chioneus has been spreading and developing along a downed aspen in our woods. It has produced several thick, white shelves that range along the large, downed trunk. The flesh of this fruiting is not woody, but instead soft, moist and pliable. This texture and its color have earned the fungus the common name, White Cheese Polypore. A few other shelf fungi are showing up, most with leathery or woody character, but also an occasional Chicken of the Woods.
One of these decomposers, Tyromyces chioneus has been spreading and developing along a downed aspen in our woods. It has produced several thick, white shelves that range along the large, downed trunk. The flesh of this fruiting is not woody, but instead soft, moist and pliable. This texture and its color have earned the fungus the common name, White Cheese Polypore. A few other shelf fungi are showing up, most with leathery or woody character, but also an occasional Chicken of the Woods.
Cheese Polypore
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