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Description: Fruiting bodies of the mossy maple polypore (Oxyporus populinus) on the sugar maple (Acer saccharum); Many cankers caused by Eutypella parasitica on sugar maple are also colonized by the decay fungus Oxyporus populinus. The latter usually has an upper surface covered with algae, giving it a distinct appearance; family Schizoporaceae
Title: Oxyporus populinus01
Credit: This image is Image Number 1198024 at Forestry Images, a source for forest health, natural resources and silviculture images operated by The Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia and the USDA Forest Service.
Author: Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Permission: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This image is a work of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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