Bay Polypore
Picipes badius (Pers.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko
Also called: Black-footed Polypore
Safety first
Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.
If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.
Edibility
Inedible Source: Wikipedia: Picipes badius
Classification from Wikipedia: Picipes badius. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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Photos
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Photo: Kevin. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 20 |
| February | 24 |
| March | 31 |
| April | 37 |
| May | 90 |
| June | 115 |
| July | 268 |
| August | 416 |
| September | 429 |
| October | 379 |
| November | 86 |
| December | 36 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- Ontario 154 records · Foraging rules
- Pennsylvania 133 records · Foraging rules
- Ohio 85 records · Foraging rules
- Illinois 69 records · Foraging rules
- New York 66 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 64 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 61 records · Foraging rules
- Minnesota 60 records · Foraging rules
- Wisconsin 49 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 44 records · Foraging rules
- West Virginia 44 records · Foraging rules
- North Carolina 42 records · Foraging rules
- Virginia 42 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 42 records · Foraging rules
- Indiana 40 records · Foraging rules
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- California39 records
- Tennessee36 records
- Oregon36 records
- Alaska21 records
- Iowa19 records
- Alberta19 records
- Vermont19 records
- Maryland17 records
- Idaho16 records
- Massachusetts16 records
- Missouri14 records
- Nova Scotia12 records
- Manitoba10 records
- New Hampshire10 records
- Connecticut9 records
- Florida8 records
- Kentucky8 records
- Montana8 records
- New Jersey8 records
- Colorado5 records
- Maine5 records
- Arkansas4 records
- New Brunswick4 records
- Alabama3 records
- Kansas3 records
- Northwest Territories3 records
- Georgia2 records
- Nebraska2 records
- Newfoundland and Labrador2 records
- Saskatchewan2 records
- South Carolina2 records
- Utah2 records
- Yukon2 records
- District of Columbia1 records
- Louisiana1 records
- Oklahoma1 records
- South Dakota1 records
- Wyoming1 records
Identification traits
| Cap shape | convex |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | pores |
| Ecology | saprotrophic |
| Stem features | bare |
| Spore print color | white |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Picipes badius (formerly Royoporus badius), commonly known as the black-footed polypore or black-leg, is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It has a dark brown or reddish-brown cap that reaches a diameter of 25 cm (10 in), and a stipe that is often completely black or brown at the top and black at the base. It causes a white rot of hardwoods and conifers in temperate areas of Eurasia and North America.
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