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.
Here’s the same piece a few hours later after the stains where I touched the pores have fully darkened.
Magnified! The pores are pretty unusual, shallow and angular.
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