Polypore hoʻoilo (Lentinus brumalis)
- Māhele: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycetes)
- Māhele: Agaricomycotina (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa: Agaricomycetes (Agaricomycetes)
- Papa haʻahaʻa: Incertae sedis (no ke kūlana maopopo ʻole)
- Kauoha: Polyporales (Polypore)
- ʻOhana: Polyporaceae (Polyporaceae)
- ʻAno: Lentinus (Sawfly)
- Type: Lentinus brumalis (Polypore hoʻoilo)
ʻO kēia mushroom, ma ke ʻano he lula, he pāpale liʻiliʻi, ʻo ke anawaena o ka mea maʻamau he 2-5 cm, akā i kekahi manawa hiki ke piʻi i 10 cm, flatly convex, i kekahi mau hihia me ke kaumaha. Hiki ke kala ʻulaʻula, melemele-ʻeleʻele a hina-ʻeleʻele paha. ʻO nā ʻaoʻao o ka pāpale ka mea maʻamau.
Hōʻike ʻia ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa e kahi hymenophore keʻokeʻo liʻiliʻi-tubular, e iho ana ma ke kumu. I ka wā lōʻihi, lilo ia i ʻaila. Spora pauda keʻokeʻo.
Tinder fungus hooilo he wāwae lōʻihi a lahilahi (a hiki i 10 knm ka lōʻihi a me 1 knm mānoanoa). He velvety, paʻakikī, hina-melemele a ʻeleʻele-kākena ka waihoʻoluʻu.
ʻO ka pulupulu o ka haloʻo he paʻa i ke kumu a he elastic i ke kino, ma hope e lilo ia i paʻakikī, ʻili, keʻokeʻo a melemele paha kona kala.
Hiki ke loaʻa ka halo i ka pūnāwai (mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana a i ka waena o Mei) a i ka hopena o ka hāʻule. Hāpai ia ma ka lāʻau o nā lāʻau deciduous e like me ka linden, willow, birch, rowan, alder, a me nā lāʻau palaho i kanu ʻia i ka lepo. Loaʻa maʻamau hoʻoilo hoʻoilo tinder fungus ʻaʻole maʻamau, hiki ke hana i nā hui a ulu hoʻokahi.
ʻO nā pāpale o nā'ōpiopio'ōpiopio e kūpono i kaʻaiʻana, ua maloʻo nui a hoʻohana houʻia paha.
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