Polyporaceae family

According to wikipedia

The Polyporaceae are a family of bracket fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The flesh of their fruiting bodies varies from soft (as in the case of the Dryad's Saddle illustrated) to very tough. Most members of this family have their hymenium (fertile layer) in vertical pores on the underside of the caps, but some of them have gills (e.g. Panus) or gill-like structures (such as Daedaleopsis, whose elongated pores form a corky labyrinth). Many species are brackets, but others have a definite stipe - for example: Polyporus badius.

Most of these fungi have white spore powder but members of the genus Abundisporus have colored spores and produce yellowishspore prints. Cystidia are absent.

Daedaleopsis confragosa (Blushing Brackets) 

Specimen #9

"Commonly referred to as the Blushing Bracket, because there are often shades of pink or mauve in the upper surface, Daedaleopsis confragosa is a tough, slow-growing fungus.  Often these distinctive brackets can be seen on riverside willows in midwinter, when very few other fungi are in evidence. The bright brackets catch any sunlight and stand out starkly from the dark background of the branches or trunks to which they are attached."

For more information:
http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/daedaleopsis-confragosa.php

Remember Daedalus in Greek mythology? Flew too close to the sun. This polypore has a waxy top surface, like Daedalus's wings. 

According to MushroomExpert.com: "Daedaleopsis confragosa is a highly variable species--or cluster of species, perhaps--recognized by its elongated, maze-like pores; its thin, whitish to brownish cap with zones of color; and the tendency of its pore surface to bruise reddish. However, each of these theoretically distinctive features is subject to variation. The pore surface can develop in odd ways, leading to confusion with round-pored species, or even with "gilled polypores" like Lenzites betulina. To make matters worse, the zones of color on the cap are not always clearly evident, and the pore surface does not always bruise red, especially if you are looking at an older specimen. 

It grows on a variety of hardwoods, but seems to have a particular taste for the wood of dying flowering dogwood trees (Cornus florida)."

Blushing Brackets were first recorded at Newport Forest in 2001.



Poria

This group is characterized by its resupinate  fruiting body (a layer of tubes lacking stem or cap).

Irpex lacteus

Location and description: Edgar's Trail/Blind Creek Forest, on twig, cream coloured, nice teeth, #12.

According to http://www.mushroomexpert.com:

"Let's put it this way: you're not going to be calling up all your friends to announce that you found Irpex lacteus today. It's a "resupinate" polypore, which is a fancy way of saying it's a bunch of shapeless fungal stuff spread across the bottom of a dead log. It can be separated from the many other fungal things that spread across the bottoms of logs by its whitish color and (look real close) its tooth-like pore surface."

"Irpex lacteus can be carefully removed from the log and sewn into undergarments, creating "the world's most advanced bra," according to Victoria's Secret (they don't spell very well)."

This species was first found at Newport Forest October 8, 2008.