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Thin Maze Polypore (Daedaleopsis confragosa)

Дедалеопсис бугристый
Current name

Index Fungorum    Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolton) J. Schröt.

MycoBank    Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolton) J. Schröt.

Other names

Bumpy polypore, rough Daedaleopsis.

Systematic position
Specific epithet etymology

Confragosus, Lat. uneven, bumpy, rugged + -osus, -a, -um (intensifying suffix).

Synonyms

Daedaleopsis confragosa var. confragosa (?)

Daedalea confragosa (Bolton) Pers., Synopsis methodica fungorum: 501 (1801) 

Trametes confragosa (Bolton) Rabenh., Deutschlands Kryptogamen-Flora 1: 416 (1844) 

Striglia confragosa (Bolton) Kuntze, Revisio generum plantarum 2: 871 (1891) 

Agaricus confragosus (Bolton) Murrill, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32 (2): 86 (1905) 

Lenzites confragosa (Bolton) Pat., Essai taxonomique sur les familles et les genres des Hyménomycètes: 89 (1900) 

Ischnoderma confragosum (Bolton) Zmitr., Mycena 1 (1): 92 (2001) 

Daedalea confragosa f. bulliardii (Fr.) Domański, Orlos & Skirg., Fl. Polska, Grzyby (Mycota) 3: 249 (1967) 

Polyporus confragosus (Bolton) P. Kumm., Der Führer in die Pilzkunde: 59 (1871)

 

Habit
Fruiting body
Sessile, bracket-shaped, hoof-shaped, or as an irregular crust/rosette
Hymenophore
Tubulate, poroid
Labyrinthine
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Fruit body

Annual, sessile, semi-resupinate, solitary or imbricate, relatively flat, sometimes slightly convex above or with a small tubercle at the point of attachment, triangular in cross-section, corky-leathery. Cap surface glabrous, becoming rough with age, usually uneven, radially wrinkled, furrowed, often with small tubercles located closer to the base; initially whitish-dirty, darkening with age to reddish-brown, with concentric zones; margin often white.

The hymenophore shape changes over time: in young fruiting bodies it is tubular with slightly elongated pores, gradually transforming into labyrinthine passages as it grows, and in old fruiting bodies it may become lamellate (gill-like). Hymenophore surface ranging from pale to dark brown, sometimes reddish.

Flesh

Corky-leathery, fibrous-cottony in cross-section, zoned, wood-yellow in color, sometimes with a reddish tint. Taste slightly bitter.

Odor

Weak, mushroom-like.

Microscopy

Spore print whitish. Spores allantoid, smooth, thin-walled, transparent.

Ecology and distribution

Grows on stumps, fallen logs, and deadwood of many deciduous tree species. Quite often found on living trees as well. Causes white rot.

Fruiting

Found throughout the year; the main growth period of fruiting bodies occurs from May to September.

Nutritional properties
Inedible

An inedible mushroom due to its tough flesh and poor taste qualities. At the same time, it possesses an impressive array of therapeutic and medicinal properties.

Similar species

Oak Mazegill (Daedalea quercina) — found on oaks, with more massive fruiting bodies.

Notes

In our country, research on this mushroom has been conducted at the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology "Vector", and at the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science, Central Siberian Botanical Garden of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The mushroom possesses medicinal properties.

Link to this page for printed editions
Shipovalov A.G. Thin Maze Polypore (Daedaleopsis confragosa) - Mushrooms of Vologda Region [Electronic resource] URL: https://xn----7sbancweblffgklubds60aja.xn--p1ai/en/thin-maze-polypore-daedaleopsis-confragosa (accessed: 13.04.2026).
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