Friday, May 31, 2013

Fungal Word Friday: Polypore

Polypores are a group of fungi that form pores or tubes on their fruiting body for spore dispersion.

A Polyporus sp. Viewed from underneath to highlight the spore tubes.

Photo Cred: By Otto Miettinen (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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