When: 2007-12-09
Collection location: Dove Creek Hammock, south Key Largo, Monroe Co., Florida, USA [Click for map]
Who: Jason Hollinger (pellaea)
Herbarium specimen available

Species Lists:
Mushrooms of Key Largo (39)

Notes: large shelf mushroom on hardwood stump of unknown tree species
CAP: 150-250mm wide, weakly lumpy and zoned, glabrous, clammy to the touch, varying shades of plain old brown, margin broadly rounded (~10mm thick)
FLESH: white, firm but very watery, exudes water when squeezed, faint concentric rings visible
PORE: pure white, 2-3 per mm, holes small relative to walls, smooth, 0.5mm deep
SPORE: print whitish?—extremely faint if at all

The wateriness suggests Tyromyces, but it is quite firm, like a thick piece of rubber.

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Proposed Name		User		Community Vote
Trametes cubensis		TomVolk		(1)
Recognized by sight: Common and abundant polypore along the Gulf coast into the Caribbean. Very nice pictures!

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Observation created: Tue Dec 11 07:24:34 -0800 2007
Last modified: Fri Jan 04 12:12:13 -0800 2008
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