Dryad’s Saddle
(Cerioporus squamosus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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Description |
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Dryad’s Saddle is a common, easily recognized, wood decaying, bracket fungus. It fruits mostly in the spring but occasionally also in the summer or fall. It is found usually in overlapping clusters of 2 or 3, sometimes singly. It is both saprobic, occurring on logs and stumps of dead hardwood trees, and parasitic, occurring on the lower trunk of living hardwood trees, especially elms. The fruiting body is a large, stalked bracket. The bracket is circular to fan-shaped or kidney-shaped, The underside is whitish. The pores are small at first, becoming very large, up to The stalk (stipe) is short, thick, tough, and often off-center. It is The flesh is white. The spores are whitish to cream-colored. |
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Habitat and Hosts |
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Hardwood and mixed forests. Dead and living hardwoods, especially elm. |
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Biology |
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Spring |
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| Kingdom | Fungi (fungi) | ||
| Subkingdom | Dikarya | ||
| Phylum | Basidiomycota (club fungi) | ||
| Subphylum | Agaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms) | ||
| Class | Agaricomycetes (mushroom-forming fungi) | ||
| Subclass | Agaricomycetidae | ||
| Order | Polyporales (shelf fungi) | ||
| Family | Polyporaceae (bracket fungi) | ||
| Genus | Cerioporus | ||
Unitl recently, Dryad’s Saddle was known by the name Polyporus squamosus. In 2017, based on phylogenetic analysis, this and several other species were transferred to the newly resurrected genus Cerioporus. |
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| Polyporus squamosus | |||
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Dryad’s Saddle Hawk’s Wing Pheasant’s Back |
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Glossary
Saprobic
Obtaining its nutrients from non-living organic matter, such as decaying plant or animal matter.
Stipe
A supporting stalk-like structure lacking vascular tissue: in fungi, the stalk supporting the mushroom cap; in ferns, the stalk connecting the blade to the rhizome; in flowering plants, the stalk connecting the flower’s ovary to the receptacle; in orchids; the band connecting the pollina with the viscidium.
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I took these photos this morning at Westwood Nature Center, St Louis Park MN. It is a fabulous place to walk and enjoy nature up close! |
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looks like bird feathers |
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| Dryad Saddle Andree Reno Sanborn |
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About
Cerioporus squamosus |
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| Cerioporus squamosus Thierry SaintEtienne |
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Published on May 29, 2013 Un champignon trouvé sur une souche dans le jardin. J'ai créé cette vidéo à l'aide de l'outil de création de diaporamas YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/upload). |
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| Dryad Saddle Mushroom MiWilderness |
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Uploaded on May 15, 2011 Cerioporus squamosus is a spring time wild edible mushroom that is found in the same habitat and at the same time of year as morel mushrooms here in Southern Michigan. |
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| Super Huge Fungus - Dryad’s Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus) on a tree Pondguru |
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Uploaded on Jul 14, 2011 Awesome example of large tree fungus on a sycamore tree. Name is Dryad’s Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus) and it is edible when younger. Thanks to 'grifola' for that information. |
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| Pheasantback Mushroom (Cerioporus squamosus) karenchakey |
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Published on May 20, 2013 I found mushrooms today, I was pretty sure they were Pheasantback or Dryad’s saddle but wasn't 100% sure till I put this video up so I didn't bring them home, my research says you should always pick them small, large ones are rubbery! and they have a faint smell of watermellon. |
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| Darlene Thomas 7/23/2023 |
Location: Lake Plantagenet, Bemidji, MN |
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| Margot Avey 8/27/2022 |
Location: Westwood Nature Center, St Louis Park MN |
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| Margot Avey 7/18/2022 |
Location: Westwood Nature Center, St Louis Park MN |
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| Cary Schmies 6/17/2022 |
Location: St. Louis County looks like bird feathers |
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| Margot Avey 5/17/2022 |
Location: St. Louis Park, MN |
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| Apricity Apricity Fall 2021 |
Location: Martin County, Fairmont, MN |
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| Alfredo Colon 8/4/2019 |
Location: Woodbury, MN |
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| Brian 8/2/2018 |
Location: Theodore Wirth Park, Minneapolis, MN Huge white Dryad’s Saddles 40 cm+ growing on old downed elm tree |
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| James 5/18/2018 |
Location: MN |
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| L. Bessel 8/28/2017 |
Location: Sibley County |
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| Steve B 5/22/2017 |
Location: Plymouth/Hennepin |
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| Kirk Nelson 5/15/2016 |
Location: Lebanon Hills Regional Park |
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