Gloeophyllum sepiarium
{{Short description|Species of fungus}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Gloeophyllum sepiarium qtl1.jpg
| genus = Gloeophyllum
| species = sepiarium
| authority = (Wulfen) P. Karst., (1879)
| synonyms =
Agaricus asserculorum Batsch, (1783)
Agaricus boletiformis Sowerby, (1809)
Agaricus sepiarius Wulfen, (1786)
Agaricus undulatus Hoffm., (1797)
Daedalea confragosa var. tricolor (Fr.) Domanski, Orlos & Skirg., (1967)
Daedalea sepiaria (Wulfen) Fr., (1821)
Daedalea ungulata Lloyd, (1915)
Gloeophyllum ungulatum (Lloyd) Imazeki, (1943)
Lenzites argentina Speg., (1898)
Lenzites sepiaria (Wulfen) Fr., (1889)
Merulius sepiarius (Wulfen) Schrank, (1789)
}}
Gloeophyllum sepiarium, the rusty gilled polypore, is a wood decay fungus that causes a brown rot.
Description
The cap is {{convert|1.5–15|cm|frac=4}} wide, loosely fan-shaped, brown with a yellow-orange margin during growth, velvety then smooth, and leathery with a mild odor and taste.{{Cite book|last=Davis|first=R. Michael|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/797915861|title=Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America|last2=Sommer|first2=Robert|last3=Menge|first3=John A.|publisher=University of California Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-520-95360-4|location=Berkeley|pages=344|oclc=797915861}} The gills are adnate and close, light when fresh and darker both near the wood and in age.{{Cite book |last=Audubon |title=Mushrooms of North America |publisher=Knopf |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-593-31998-7 |pages=205}} The spores are white, cylindrical, and smooth. The spore print is white.
The fruiting body grows for only one year, and produces spores in late summer and autumn. Its hymenial surface is distinctive from other polypores due to the presence of gills.
The species is inedible.{{cite book |last=Phillips |first=Roger |title=Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America |year=2010 |publisher=Firefly Books |location=Buffalo, NY |isbn=978-1-55407-651-2 |page=312}}
= Similar species =
Similar species include G. trabeum, Daedaleopsis confragosa, Daedalea quercina, Lenzites betulina, Trametes betulina, and T. versicolor.
Habitat and distribution
It grows on dead conifers, both in the wild and on lumber.
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| name = {{PAGENAME}}{{italic title}}
| hymeniumType = gills
| capShape = no
| whichGills = no
| stipeCharacter = NA
| sporePrintColor = white
| ecologicalType = saprotrophic
| howEdible = inedible
}}
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Category:Fungi of North America
Category:Fungi described in 1783
Category:Taxa named by Franz Xaver von Wulfen
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