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"Alpine Biscuit" (Spongiporus leucospongia)

"Alpine biscuit" (Spongiporus leucospongia, common name by photographer) is a high-elevation snowbank mushroom. The fruiting body starts out soft, foam-like, and whitish, but darkens with age to a golden brown. It is commonly found in spring along with the much more flamboyant orange sponge polypore.


"Alpine biscuit" (Spongiporus leucospongia). Eldorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada, El Dorado County, California, USA.
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"Alpine biscuit" (Spongiporus leucospongia), underside view of the mushroom revealing the spore-bearing pores. Eldorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada, El Dorado County, California, USA.
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