Polyporus umbellatus
From The Plant Encyclopedia
Zhu-ling
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| Polyporus umbellatus - The Zhu-ling Mushroom | |
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Aden Earth Zone
13 - 18
Cultivation
- Cultivation: For-Horticulturists
- Light: Shade
- Soil: Mid-Fertility
- pH: 1
- Moisture: Wet, Medium
Characteristics
- Form: Herbaceous
- Habit: Perennial
- Flower:
- Fruit/Seed: Large, White, Brown
- Foliage:
- Uses: Edible, Medicinal, Industrial
About
Polyporus umbellatus is a rare, inedible species of mushroom, found growing on roots of old beeches or oak.
The fruiting body is composed of numerous (sometimes several hundred) caps. They are 1–4 cm in diameter, deeply umbilicate, light brown, and form the extremities of a strong, many branched stock. The compound fungus can be up to 40 cm in diameter. The pores are narrow and white. The stock is whitish grey, and originates from a strong, tuber like nodule that is underground. The flesh is white, rather soft when young, although hardens with age.
Polyporus umbellatus may contain bioactive compounds with immunostimulating, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective properties
