ʻOak Polypore (ʻOka ʻo Buglossoporus)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Incertae sedis (no ke kūlana maopopo ʻole)
- Kauoha: Polyporales (Polypore)
- ʻOhana: Fomitopsidaceae (Fomitopsis)
- ʻAno: Buglossoporus (Buglossoporus)
- Type: Buglossoporus quercinus (Piptoporus oak (Oak polypore))
ʻO ka ʻoka tinder fungus he ʻano ʻala loa no ko mākou ʻāina. Ulu ia ma nā kumu lāʻau ʻoka ola, akā ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā specimens ma ka lāʻau make a me ka lāʻau make.
ʻO nā kino hua he makahiki, ʻiʻo-fibrous-cork, sessile.
Aia paha he wāwae ʻāʻī elongated. ʻO nā pāpale he poepoe a i ʻole ke ʻano peʻa, ʻoi aku ka nui, hiki ke hiki i 10-15 kenimika ke anawaena. He velvety ka ʻili o nā pāpale i ka wā mua, i loko o nā haloo makua ua aneane olohelohe ia i ke ʻano o kahi ʻōpala mānoanoa.
Ka waihoʻoluʻu - keʻokeʻo, ʻeleʻele, me ka ʻulaʻula melemele. He keʻokeʻo ka ʻiʻo, a hiki i ka 4 knm mānoanoa, palupalu a ʻoluʻolu i nā ʻano ʻōpiopio, a laila corky.
ʻO ka hymenophore he lahilahi, keʻokeʻo, lilo i ʻeleʻele ke poino; he poepoe a he angular paha na pores.
ʻO ka haʻu ʻoka ʻoka he halo ʻole hiki ke ʻai ʻia.