Figure 1: P. badius cap                Figure 2: P. badius spore bearing surface

 Figure 3: P. radius pores

Name: Polyporus badius

Common Name: Black leg

Family: Polyporaceae

Collection Date: 14 Nobember 2016

Habitat: solitary or in groups on rotting hardwoods. 

Location: James H. Barrow Field Station

Description: Convex shaped becoming depressed and surface is tan to chestnut-brown to dark reddish-brown and blackish in age. Margin is paler. Pores are minute, white when fresh and browning with age. 

Key Used: 

Arora, D. 1986. Mushrooms Demystified

Keying steps: 

Introduction key pg. 52

Polypores and Bracket Fungi pg. 549

1. spore-bearing surface not composed of tubes... 2

2. Fruiting body with a stalk and cap... 3

3. Flesh usually white or pallid... Polyporus, Albatrellus, & Allies p.554

1. Res confined to underside of cap... 2

2. Fruiting body wood-inhabiting... 3

3. Stalk black or with a black base... 4

4. Cap reddish-brown to chestnut-brown to blackish... P. badius