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Phellinus ferrugineofuscus (Phellinus ferrugineofuscus) refers to tree-growing fruit bodies, consisting only of a cap. Belongs to the Gimenochetes family and the Fellinus genus. Its other names:
- phellinidium ferrugineofuscum;
- rusting tinder fungus.
Outwardly, the mushroom resembles a spongy sponge.
Where the rusty-brown fellinus grows
Distributed in the mountainous areas of Siberia, in old forests. In the European part of Russia, rusty-brown tinder fungus is quite rare. Occasionally found in Northern Europe. Prefers coniferous wood: fir, cedar, pine, spruce. Loves blueberry thickets, humid, shaded places. It grows on dead trees and standing dead trunks, on the bark and branches of dying trees. The fungus is annual, but in warm winters it can survive safely until spring.
Rusting polypore growing on a damaged trunk
What does pellinus rusty brown look like?
The fruiting body is prostrate, deprived of a leg and tightly attached to the substrate. Only the rusty-brown tinder fungi that have appeared have the appearance of pubescent reddish balls, which quickly occupy a large area, merging with each other into a single organism. The edges do not have a spore-bearing layer, are sterile, white-gray or light beige, yellowish. Uneven, bumpy, characteristic felt consistency. The color is rusty brown, brick, dark chocolate, reddish, light ocher, carrot.
The hymenophore is finely porous, spongy, uneven, located with a spore-bearing layer outward. The pulp is dense, leathery, elastic. When dried, it is woody, crumbly. The surface is glossy satin. Tubes up to 1 cm long.
Older specimens may be covered with greenish-olive algae colonies
Is it possible to eat rusty-brown fellinus
The mushroom is classified as an inedible species due to its extremely low nutritional value. There are no data on its toxicity.
Conclusion
Pellinus rusty brown is an inedible parasitic fungus. Settling on predominantly coniferous wood, it causes yellow rot, as a result of which wood stratification occurs. Distributed in Siberia and the Urals, in the central part of Russia it is very rare.
