Polyporus

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Polyporus - type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifersgenus Polyporusfungus genus - includes lichen generafamily Polyporaceae, Polyporaceae - fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on treesPolyporus tenuiculus - a fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores; causes white rot in dead hardwoodsGrifola frondosa, hen of the woods, hen-of-the-woods, Polyporus frondosus - large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of treesPolyporus squamosus, scaly polypore - 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