fungus genus - includes lichen genera

family Polyporaceae, Polyporaceae - fungi that become corky or woody with age, often forming shelflike growths on trees

Polyporus tenuiculus - a fungus with a whitish kidney-shaped cap and elongated pores; causes white rot in dead hardwoods

Grifola frondosa, hen of the woods, hen-of-the-woods, Polyporus frondosus - large grayish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees

Polyporus squamosus, scaly polypore - a fungus with a lateral stalk (when there is a stalk) and a scaly cap that becomes nearly black in maturity; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere