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White-rot fungus

Lentinus sajor-caju

A species of Lentinus

The white-rot fungus is known as a white-rot fungus and it's usually found growing on dead wood. When young, the mushroom is soft and leathery, but it becomes extremely tough as it matures, obtaining a funnel-shaped fruiting body.

Cap Diameter:

1 - 7 cm

Odor:

Pleasant, mildly mushroomy

General Info About White-rot fungus

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Attributes of White-rot fungus

Cap Diameter

1 - 7 cm

Height

5 - 20 mm

Cap

Cap 1 - 7 cm across; broadly convex, infundibuliform; yellowish white, brownish grey; with squamules; margin incurved to decurved

Stem

Stem 5 - 20 mm long, 3 - 9 mm thick; flat; white; solid; surface smooth

Flesh

Flesh 8 mm thick; tough, flexible; white

Ring

On the stem; membranous; brownish

Spore Print Color

White

Odor

Pleasant, mildly mushroomy

Body Color

Brown

Yellow

Gray

White

Growth Form

Solitary, Gregarious

Substrate

On wood

You can find White-rot fungus by these plants:

Willows

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Habitat of White-rot fungus

White-rot fungus appears in forests of all types. It grows on dead or decaying wood, such as fallen trunks and logs.

Scientific Classification of White-rot fungus

Phylum

Club fungi

Class

Mushroom-forming fungi

Order

Shelf fungi

Family

Polyporaceae

Genus

Lentinus

Toxicity and Edibility of White-rot fungus

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Edibility of White-rot fungus

White-rot fungus is a commonly-cultivated, edible relative of oyster mushrooms, and it has a similar taste. It is best picked and eaten in the button stage, before it takes on a tough texture. It is a tropical species that will tend to fruit after rains in warm areas on dead wood.