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Underground Sclerotium Polypore Mushrooms

Underground Sclerotium Polypore mushrooms on KnowTheSpore, with edibility ratings, identification tips, and safety notes.

Whole poria sclerotium cut open to show its thin brown rind and dense white interior

Poria

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Poria is unusual because the traded material is a buried storage structure called a sclerotium, not the…

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