Schizophyllum amplum    (Lév.) Nakasone 

common name(s) : Poplar Bells 

New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Schizophyllaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Aphyllophoromycetideae  

synonyms: Auriculariopsis ampla 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Cytidia flocculenta)  

edibility : inedible

potential confusions with Schizophyllum amplum toxicity of Schizophyllum amplum genus Schizophyllum  

The fruiting body is cup-shaped or saucer-shaped, split on one side, wrinkled, with a (lower) flesh pink to ochre internal surface, the external surface (upper) being cream-white.

The fertile surface is smooth.

It grows on wood, on twigs of broad-leaved trees, on trembling poplar.

The fruiting period takes place from September to November.
Dimensions: width of fruiting body approximately 1 cm (between 0.4 and 1.5 cm)

Distinctive features : sorry, no English description yet

Schizophyllum amplum is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is quite rare, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Schizophyllum amplum in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Schizophyllum amplum in the forest of Rambouillet



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