MushroomBot<p>Neofavolus alveolaris</p><p><a href="https://www.mushroomexpert.com/Neofavolus_alveolaris.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mushroomexpert.com/Neofavolus_</span><span class="invisible">alveolaris.html</span></a></p><p>Ecology: Saprobic on recently-dead sticks and small logs (occasionally on living branches) of hardwoods, when bark is still attached; causing a white rot; growing alone, scattered, or gregariously; typically first appearing in late spring, but frequently found in summer and fall; widely distributed and common east of the Rocky Mountains. The illustrated and described collections are from Illinois and Qu&#233;bec.</p><p>Fruiting Body: 2-7 cm across; fan-shaped, semicircular, or kidney shaped; upper surface orange to orangish when fresh and young, fading with age to yellowish or nearly white, radially fibrillose to scaly (at least at first), dry, bald; typically featuring a short and stubby lateral stem, but occasionally with a centrally located and more substantial stem (in which case the cap is round, rather than kidney shaped); pore surface descending the stem, whitish to pale orangish; pores to 1 mm wide and 2 mm long, diamond-shaped or "honeycombed," usually radially arranged; flesh to 2 mm thick, white, tough, unchanging when sliced.</p><p>Odor and Taste: Odor not distinctive; taste not distinctive, or slightly bitter.</p><p>Chemical Reactions: KOH dull olive on fresh cap; negative on flesh.</p><p>Spore Print: White.</p><p>Microscopic Features: Spores 8-14 x 2.5-4 ; subcylindric; smooth; hyaline in KOH. Basidia 4-spored. Pileipellis a cutis of somewhat agglutinated, hyaline to brownish, clamped elements 2-3 wide. Hyphal system dimitic.</p><p><a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/mushrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mushrooms</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/mycology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mycology</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/shrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shrooms</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/mushtodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mushtodon</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/sporespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sporespondence</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/floraspondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floraspondence</span></a></p>