– Cap thin-fleshed, initially white to yellowish-white, yellowing with age, usually with faint circular zones near the margin.
– Pores decurrent, white, bruising yellowish.
- The pore layer and the lower part of the stem develop lemon-yellow spots when scraped or damaged.
- Often grows in dense groups and clusters.
Polypores
Yellow Lamb Polypore
Albatrellus citrinus
VU
Vulnerable
Edible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows with spruce on herb-rich soil in calcareous spruce forests. A good indicator of forests with high conservation values, often grows together with other threatened species.
Notes
Likely edible but red-listed, and therefore should not be picked in larger quantities.
Similar species
Albatrellus ovinus is larger and more robust, with an unzoned cap, does not grow in dense groups.
Albatrellus subrubescens grows with pine, in pine heaths.
Albatrellus subrubescens grows with pine, in pine heaths.
