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Hexagonal-pored Polypore
Polyporus alveolaris
cap is up to 8cm wide, cream-orange to brownish-red.
underside is whitish and has characteristically large hexagonal, almost diamond shaped pores, each ~1mm wide.
grows singly or as several on hardwood branches and twigs.
appears in sumer or fall.
has mild taste and no odor; cook before eating, softer young specimens are preferred.
an edible lookalike is
Polyporous squamosus
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