Milk White Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus)

Milk White Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus). Photo contributed by Lisette Lauzon.

This beautiful, late season mushroom can be seen lining sticks and tree trunks.  It appears to be a toothed fungus, but is actually a polypore.  Sometimes the caps are not well developed and it grows flat against the branch. Milk White Toothed Polypore (Irpex lacteus). Photo contributed by Lisette Lauzon.