VOUCHER INFORMATION
Name: Polyporus umbellatus
Authority: (Pers.) Fr. 1821
Vouchered by: Dennis McMillan
Date found: 5/14/2014
Synonyms:
Collected by: Dennis McMillan
Voucher ID:63
Confirming Mycologist: Dr. Andrew Methven
LOCATION
Latitude: 38.375534
Longitude: -90.227672
City: Waterloo
County: Monroe
State: Illinois
Site location: n/a
ENVIRONMENT
Habitat: Leaf covered humus.
Moisture conditions: moist
Substrate: elm roots
IDENTIFYING DOCUMENT
Reference document: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/polyporus_umbellatus.html
Author:n/a
ISBN No: n/a
Page no:n/a
SPORE DESCRIPTION
Spore length: 7 - 10 microns
Spore width: 2.5 - 3.5 microns
Spore color: clear
Spore texture: smooth
Spore shape: cylindric
Spore print color: white
Chemical reaction: n/d
This was an early fruiting and the largest cluster I have see of the 4 fruiting bodies. It fruited on the host dead elm about 28cm or 11 inches up the trunk. The tree was 22cm or 8½ inches in circumference and 6.5cm or 2½ inches in diameter, and not over 3 meters tall. For additional information on this species, not this specimen, refer to Michael Kuo's website - http://www.mushroomexpert.com/polyporus_umbellatus.html. Close examination by Dr. Methven (see annotation above) combined with the 2015 DNA analysis confirmed that this specimen is Polyporus umbellatus.
