An interesting looking mushroom that alas is inedible but has been used for dying materials for many years hence the common name.
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Dyer’s Mazegill
Dyer’s Mazegill
| Mushroom Type | |
| Common Names |
Dyer’s Mazegill (EN), Dyers Mazegill, Dye Maker’s Polypore (US), Dyer’s Polypore (US), Tegyll Rhwyllog y Lliwydd (CY), Murszak Rdzawy (PL), Fenyő-Likacsosgomba (HU) |
| Scientific Name |
Phaeolus schweinitzii |
| Season Start |
Aug |
| Season End |
Oct |
| Average Mushroom height (CM) |
15 |
| Average Cap width (CM) |
25 |
Please note that each and every mushroom you come across may vary in appearance to these photos.
Fruiting Body
Doesn’t really have a distinctive cap but what looks like a cap has a felt like texture and can be many different colours from yellow, orange, red to brown or black. Starts as an irregular globular shape then grows into a fan shaped or circular mass which may have many tiers or bulges.
Spore Print
White with a hint of yellow. Ellipsoid.
Frequency
Fairly common around conifers.
Other Facts
Dyer’s Mazegill is a parasite and will kill its host but then becomes saprobic, living on the dead organic material of the stump.
Has been used to produce yellow, orange and brown dyes.
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