Thickness

Thickness (Context and pore layer of individual mushroom caps or conks; Not groups)

The thickness of individual fruiting structures can be used to separate out many of the wood decay fungi. The thickness is represents the measurement of individual fruiting structures such as an individual mushroom or single conk in a group of conks. The general classifications are thin (less then ½ inch thick), moderate ( ½ to 2 inches thick), or thick (greater than 2 inches thick). The measurements are applicable to mature fruiting structures.

Thin (less then 1/2 inch thick)

Photograph 1. The thin fruiting structure of the fungus Schizophyllum commune.
Photograph 1. The thin fruiting structure of the fungus Schizophyllum commune.
Photograph 2. Thin fruiting structure (individual caps and pore layes) of the fungus Cerrena unicolor.
Photograph 2. Thin fruiting structure (individual caps and pore layes) of the fungus Cerrena unicolor.

Moderate (1/2 to 2 inches)

Photograph 3. Moderately thick fruiting (individual fronds) of the sulfur shelf fungus.
Photograph 3. Moderately thick fruiting (individual fronds) of the sulfur shelf fungus.

Thick (2 inches or more)

Photograph 4. Thick conk of the fungus Inonotus dryadeus.
Photograph 4. Thick conk of the fungus Inonotus dryadeus.