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Bondarzewia berkeleyi

This page will cover some of the basics for Bondarzewia berkeleyi, in the family Bondarzewiaceae and the order Russulales. 

Edibility basics and testing

Berkeley's polypore

 Bondarzewia berkeleyi,  may take on ocher or light brown tones that form distinct radial zones. The pileus will be velvety and dry. With age the fruitbody will become tough and leathery.

Photo by Tim Pfitzer

Grows on wood

The fruitbody of B. berkeleyi erupts from wood and takes a variety of shapes that are described as fans or shelves. They can get pretty sizable.

Photo by Deacon Mcdaniel

Pores

One of the distinguishing features of B. berkeleyi are the large pores on the underside that run down the stem, unbruising flesh, and white-pale flesh.

 Photo by Deacon Mcdaniel 

Lookalikes

Laetiporus spp

Laetiporus spp

Laetiporus spp

Laetiporus species can produce similar concentric zones that, with weathering, can look like B. berkeleyi. L. persicinus has also been confused confused for B. berkeleyi due to it's pale pileus.

Old Laetiporus

Laetiporus spp

Laetiporus spp

 In age their pores can become large and similar to B. berkeleyi. 

Meripilus sumstinei

Meripilus sumstinei

Meripilus sumstinei

The black-staining polypore, as it's name implies, stains black upon damage. This reaction can take up to an hour and is more obvious on the hymenium (spore bearing surface). Like B. berkeleyi, the morphology of M. sumstinei can take many forms, anywhere between the small 'leafletes' of Grifola frondosa to the large fronds of B. berkeleyi.

Inonotus spp.

Meripilus sumstinei

Meripilus sumstinei

The oak bracket (Inonotus quercus) and similar can take on similar morphologies as well. 


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