Dryad's Saddle from Srinagar

[taffa...@gmail.com]

Dear members,

Am attaching photos of Polyporus squamosus (Huds) Fr. growing on the stump of a dead tree. Photos were taken on 23 and 24th of JULY. This is a bract fungus and the bracts can attain a size of half a metre. Common name is Dryad"s  saddle as the cap when mature resembles a saddle and a Drayad is a tree nymph in Greek mythology. The name Polyporus refers to the underside of the cap having tubes opening by irregular pores (see Photo) by which spores are shed and squamosus refers to the brown scales  on the top of the cap giving it a pretty mottled appearance (see photo). When very young as in this photo it is said to be edible but older specimens are not edible.(All photos are under CC BY license   only Attribution required )

Regards

Taffazull

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Taffazull ji

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepi...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/f352f508-002b-4aaa-8bcb-0624c0e019fan%40googlegroups.com.

--

With regards,
J.M.Garg

[suhaib yatoo]

Yes,

Most probably Cerioporus squamosus (ex. Polyporus squamosus)

Best,

Suhaib Yatoo 

[J.M. Garg]

Thanks a lot, Suhaib ji

--

With regards,
J.M.Garg

[taffa...@gmail.com]

Dear Suhaib ji,

Thanks for confirmation

Regards

Taffazull