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Phellinus smoothed is a perennial tinder fungus that parasitizes on wood. Belongs to the Hymenochetal family.
What does the flattened fellinus look like?
Fruit bodies are round or oblong, hard, leathery, thin, most often procumbent, rarely recurved procumbent. They adhere very tightly to the substrate (rotting wood). The litter is hard, light brown or brownish brown. The surface has a silky sheen, wavy, uneven, light brown, chestnut, brown, pinkish-grayish-brownish in spring. The edges rise slightly, look like a pubescent narrow roller, in old specimens they lag behind the wood.
The hymenophore is usually layered, the walls of the tubules are thin, the pores are round or slightly elongated, very small. Young mushrooms develop singly, then merge into irregularly shaped formations up to 25 cm long.
The tinder fungus parasitizes on trees
A similar species is Lundell’s fellinus. The main difference between the smoothed one is in very small pores and a roller-shaped edge. Lundella occurs quite often and regularly, mainly in old-growth forests. It most often grows on birch trees, sometimes on alder and very rarely on other deciduous trees (on dead wood, stumps, fallen trees, sometimes on living weakened trees). Causes white rot. It can be prostrate or prostrate-bent, has a medium size. The bent part of young mushrooms is smooth, in old ones it is covered with cracks, the color is dark brown, sometimes almost black. The litter is dense, thin, brownish-red, or light brown. The surface with hymenium is even, brown or reddish, in spring it acquires a grayish tint, there is no silky sheen. Tubes are rusty in color, layering is not expressed. The pores are rather small and round. The mushroom is inedible.
Lundell tubes have a rusty tint
Where does fellinus flattened grow?
In Our Country, it is found throughout the forest zone. Happens regularly, but quite rarely. The most frequent place of growth is fallen and rotting trunks, branches and birch branches.
Is it possible to eat flattened fellinus
The tinder fungus is an inedible species. It is not used for food, it is not of interest to mushroom pickers.
Conclusion
Phellinus flattened is a parasite that causes white rot that destroys wood. Brown mycelial filaments can be seen in the affected areas. Its main difference from related prostrate species is very small pores.