slothpower's Identifications

Found by Bruch Reed on the ground loose, presumably fell off its probable tree trunk substrate. The trail has lots of hemlock and pines, especially white pine. Wisconsin Mycological Society Hiles foray 2023.

Beginning of July to beginning of September. I finally found out what this is! I searched hackberry tree (which it was growing on) and this mushroom came up immediately (current synonym Perenniporia robiniophila). I’m so glad I finally figured this out.

Pore surface pictures aren’t very clear at all, and are shadowed however in person they were very clearly fresh and living pore surfaces, and were dark grey in color. They also smelled very strongly, as sweet fruit-floral an odor as you can get while also having the regular “mushroom smell” somewhere too.