Blue cheese polypore is easily recognized by its large, thick, and wrinkly caps that give the mushroom a wavy appearance. Mature specimens are a unique bluish-grey color. This gives blue cheese polypore the appearance of blue cheese growing on decaying wood in conifer and spruce forests.
Cap Diameter:
1 - 5 cm
Odor:
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
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General Info About Blue cheese polypore
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Attributes of Blue cheese polypore
Cap Diameter
1 - 5 cm
Height
2 - 13 cm
Cap
1 - 5 cm across; white, blue-grey; covered in fine hairs and radial wrinkles, almost smooth; slightly wavy margin
Cap Surfaces
Fibrillose-scaly
Flesh
Soft-fibred, juicy, watery; white, often streaked with a bluish tinge
Spore Print Color
Very pale blue to white
Odor
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
Body Color
Gray
White
Blue
Purple
Cyan
Flesh Bruises
Discolor to blue
Growth Form
Solitary, Gregarious
Nutrient Gathering
Saprophytic
Substrate
Dead Woods
You can find Blue cheese polypore by these plants:
Spruces
Occurence Habitats
Coniferous Woodland, Mixed Woodland
Species Status
Widespread and fairly common in Britain and Ireland
Endangered Species
No
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Habitat of Blue cheese polypore
Blue cheese polypore is typically found on dead conifer wood, occasionally on hardwoods, in damp, shaded areas like mature mixed woodlands and conifer plantations.
