Oxyporus corticola

*Oxyporus corticola*
Oxyporus corticola
Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
	Edibility is inedible

Oxyporus corticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hymenochaetales
Family:	Schizoporaceae
Genus:	Oxyporus
Species:	O. corticola
Binomial name
	Oxyporus corticola; (Fr.) Ryvarden, (1972)
Synonyms
	List Chaetoporus corticola (Fr.) Bondartsev & Singer, (1941) ; Chaetoporus corticola f. rostafinskii (P. Karst.) Bondartsev, (1953) ; Chaetoporus pearsonii (Pilát) Bondartsev, (1953) ; Coriolus corticola (Fr.) Pat., (1900) ; Muciporus corticola (Fr.) Juel, (1897) ; Oxyporus pearsonii (Pilát) Komarova, (1964) ; Physisporus corticola (Fr.) Gillet, (1878) ; Physisporus rostafinskii (P. Karst.) P. Karst., (1881) ; Physisporus tener Har. & P. Karst., (1890) ; Polyporus aneirinus sensu Fries (1828); (2005) ; Polyporus corticola Fr., (1821) ; Polyporus heteroclitus sensu auct.;(2005) ; Polyporus rostafinskii P. Karst., (1876) ; Polyporus salviae Berk. & M.A. Curtis, (1872) ; Polyporus separans Murrill, (1920) ; Poria corticola (Fr.) Sacc., (1886) ; Poria pearsonii Pilát, (1935) ; Poria salviae (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc., (1888) ; Poria separans Murrill, (1920) ; Poria vicina Bres., (1925) ; Rigidoporus corticola (Fr.) Pouzar, (1966) ;

Oxyporus corticola, commonly known as the boring poria,^[1] is a species of fungus. It grows on hardwood and conifer logs.^[1] It has also been documented infecting humans^[2] and dogs.^[3]^[4] It is inedible.^[1]