Albatrellus ovinus
var. ovinus
(Schaeff.) Kotl. & Pouzar, Česká Mykol. 11(3): 154 (1957)
Syn. S
cutiger ovinus (Schaeff.) Murrill, Mycologia 12(1): 20 (1920)
Common name Sheep Polypore
Family Albatrellaceae
Albatrellus confluens
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  ** Edible and good
     
    Whitish, robust. Ready for the pan without cooking.
     
  Pileus The cap is 515 cm in diameter, the surface is smooth, leather-like and creamy yellow when young. In age the cap is pale brown with flakes. The form is irregular, the margin incurved when young, flattening with age. The flesh is thick, white to yellow-white, turning lemon coloured when cooked.
     
  Hymenophore The pore layer is quite low with small tubes, surface seeming almost smooth. The colour is white, turning yellowish when bruised.
     
  Stipe The white stem is robust, smooth and knobbly. Sometimes it grows in clusters with stem bases fused, though mostly solitary.
     
  Odour and taste The smell is attractive, mild, disappearing with age. Mild flavour.
     
  Habitat It is found in mossy conifereous woods, especially together with fir trees.
     
  NB. It can easily be mixed up with the not-so-good Albatrellus confluens, which turns apricot coloured when fried or cooked.

 

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