Wolfiporia extensa
''
Wolfiporia extensa''(''
syn.'' ''
Poria cocos'' F.A.Wolf), commonly known as
hoelen,
poria,
tuckahoe,
China root,
fu ling (,
pīnyīn: fúlíng), or
matsuhodo, is a
fungus in the family
Polyporaceae. It is a
wood-decay fungus but has a subterranean growth habit. It is notable in the development of a large, long-lasting underground
sclerotium that resembles a small coconut. This sclerotium, known as
Tuckahoe or
fu-ling (), is not the same as the true tuckahoe used as Indian bread by Native Americans, which is the arrow arum, ''
Peltandra virginica'', a flowering tuberous plant in the
arum family.
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