Phlebia incarnata

Phlebia incarnata
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by Michael Kuo
Here is a gorgeous little polyporales with a very ugly name. "Phlebia incarnata" sounds like the flapping, flustered daughter who was never let out of the house--and the previous name for this mushroom, Merulius incarnatus, wasn't much better. At any rate, it is found on hardwood logs from the Mississippi watershed (where it is apparently most common) eastward. When fresh the overlapping caps are coral pink, and unmistakable. The white pore surface can appear veined, or almost toothed. There is no stem, and the spore print is white.
Phlebia incarnata is too small, and its texture is too tough, to consider as an edible.

Kuo, M. (2004, August). Phlebia incarnata. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.bluewillowpages.com/mushroomexpert/phlebia_incarnata.html
Photograph by J G Ward