#family_Polyporaceae__Polyporaceae fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees
supertype: fungus_family includes lichen families
member of: order_Aphyllophorales
member: genus_Albatrellus__Albatrellus a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae
member: Albatrellus_dispansus a rare fungus having a large (up to 14 inches wide) yellow fruiting body with multiple individual caps and a broad central stalk and a fragrant odor
member: Albatrellus_ovinus__sheep_polypore__sheeppolypore a fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk; found under conifers; edible but not popular
member: genus_Neolentinus__Neolentinus a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae
member: Neolentinus_ponderosus a gilled polypore with a large cap (up to 15 inches in diameter) and a broad stalk; edible when young and tender
member: genus_Nigroporus__Nigroporus a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae
member: Nigroporus_vinosus a woody pore fungus with a dark brown to red brown cap and spore surface and small pores
member: genus_Oligoporus__Oligoporus a genus of fungi belonging to the family Polyporaceae
member: Oligoporus_leucospongia a pore fungus with a whitish cottony soft cap found on conifer logs in forests at high elevation in the western United States and adjacent Canada
member: genus_Polyporus__Polyporus type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers
member: Polyporus_tenuiculus a fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores; causes white rot in dead hardwoods
member: hen-of-the-woods__hen_of_the_woods__Polyporus_frondosus__Grifola_frondosa large grayish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
member: Polyporus_squamosus__scaly_polypore__scalypolypore a fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
member: genus_Fomes__Fomes genus of bracket fungi forming corky or woody perennial shelflike sporophores often of large size; includes some that cause destructive heartrot in trees
member: Fomes_igniarius__agaric fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
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