#Polyporus_squamosus__scaly_polypore__scalypolypore a fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
supertype: #polypore__pore_fungus__pore_mushrum woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent
member of: #genus_Polyporus__Polyporus type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers
member of: #family_Polyporaceae__Polyporaceae fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees
member of: #order_Aphyllophorales__Aphyllophorales includes chiefly saprophytic fungi typically with shelflike bodies; sometimes placed in class Hymenomycetes or included in Agaricales
member of: #subdivision_Basidiomycota__Basidiomycota__Basidiomycotina__subdivision_Basidiomycotina comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi
member of: #division_Eumycota__Eumycota true fungi; eukaryotic heterotrophic walled organisms; distinguished from Myxomycota (funguslike slime molds): comprises subdivisions Mastigomycotina; Zygomycotina; Ascomycotina; Basidiomycotina; Deuteromycotina (imperfect fungi)
member of: #kingdom_Fungi__Fungi__fungus_kingdom the taxonomic kingdom of lower plants
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