Taxonomy
Panus ciliatus
Red List Status -
Description
Cap: infundibuliform; 20-80 mm diameter; velutinate, radially striate; cinnamon brown drying darker chestnut brown; margin often inrolled, densely ciliate.
Stipe: cylindrical, often tapering toward base;30 - 90 × 3 - 10 mm; velutinate to slightly hispid; cinnamon to light brown.
Gills: deeply decurrent; densely crowded; white to pale brown.
Spore print: white.
Spores: ellipsoid; 5 – 6 × 3 – 3.5 µm; inamyloid.
Notes: this Panus is characterized by its velutinous cap and its very crowded decurrent gills. It has been reported in NC but details do not seem to have been published yet.
Patrick Leonard 2019