Amauroderma rude
Amauroderma rude is a hard, woody polypore. The dark brown and slightly velvety stem may be central or lateral and is similar in colour to the cap surface. The white, pored undersurface (dark when old) instantly turns red when bruised on fresh specimens. Amauroderma rude, along with other woody polypores, has the remarkable ability to envelop grass, twigs and leaves as the fruiting bodies expand.
A quick way to identify it is to scratch the white undersurface. The white pores turn bright blood red.
Amauroderma rude is from the family Ganodermataceae.
Some web sites specificy Amauroderma rude as having medicinal properties without giving any details, and certainly I have seen died specimens that look very much like Amauroderma rude in Chinese herbal shops.
- Amauroderma rude, Blue Gum Loop track, Barrington National Park, NSW, Australia, December, 2006
- Amauroderma rude, showing distinctive red staining when pores are scratched, Blue Gum Loop track, Barrington National Pa
- Amauroderma rude, Blue Gum Loop track, Barrington National Park, NSW, Australia, December, 2006
- Amauroderma rude, Blue Gum, loop, Williams River, Upper Ally, Barrington Tops National park, New South Wales, Australia,
- Amauroderma rude, with budding fruit, showing the characteristic red stain upon being bruised, Lord Howe Island (off NSW
