From: ir@ene.nu   
      
   On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 11:06:11 -0500, "Kurt"    
   wrote:   
      
   >Hope I'm not doing overkill on last years fungi, but it's raining steady. I   
   >can't garden, fish, or photograph. (and I'm trying not to drink)   
   >This is a good fungus (black-footed polypore) to catch here during the hot   
   >dry summer when nothing else is fruiting. I dried it slowly in a high   
   >humidity room. They get big and ugly later in the fall.   
   >   
   >http://i3.tinypic.com/wtvcwh.jpg   
      
   That was a beauty! I suppose it is Polyporus badius, and not P.   
   melanopus. I have some trouble to see the difference, but I'm almost   
   certain that I've never found P. badius myself. What kind of wood is   
   it growing on?   
      
   Irene Andersson   
      
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