Called the "Dyer's Polypore" because people use it to make fabric dyes which sounds like another hobby I don't have time for. The PNW version turned out to be a distinct species from the European Phaoleus schweinitzii which is the name field guides have been using for decades.
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Dyer's Polypore (Phaeolus hispidoides)
Called the "Dyer's Polypore" because people use it to make fabric dyes which sounds like another hobby I don't have time for. The PNW version turned out to be a distinct species from the European Phaoleus schweinitzii which is the name field guides have been using for decades.
This is softer than most polypores, I was surprised how easily a chunk came off. https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/07c0c564-6377-43f6-b338-cb5fdf6903cb.jpeg
Here's the same piece a few hours later after the stains where I touched the pores have fully darkened.
https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/cf7c8a44-da94-4115-a580-fa8285116742.jpeg
Magnified! The pores are pretty unusual, shallow and angular. https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/76fcb4d6-6c9e-4c48-80ae-1a8fc8a2bbd2.jpeg