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Wood Decay Fungi of Living Trees
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Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
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Fungus Host: Hardwood
Seasonal Growth: Annual
Shape and Texture: Tough or leathery
Fruiting Location #1: Ground-root
Fruiting Location #2: Buttress roots or base-butt
Hymenium: Pores
Thickness: Thick 2 inches or more
Stem: Absent
Urban Commonality Rating: Very common
Common Hosts #1: Oak
Common Hosts #2: Maple
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Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
2. Fresh habit
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
3. Large applanate conks at base of red oak
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
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Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
5. Context
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
6. Pore layer
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
7. Large basidiocarp at base of oak
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
8. Very large basidiocarp fruiting from buried roots
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
9. Habit of three years fruiting
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11. Basidiocarps surround tree prior to its failure, see next image
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus
12. Tree failure from image 5
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus