Wolfiporia extensa

*Wolfiporia extensa*
Wolfiporia extensa
Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Spore print is white
	Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
	Edibility is inedible or edible

Wolfiporia extensa
	Wolfiporia extensa sclerotium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Wolfiporia
Species:	W. extensa
Binomial name
	Wolfiporia extensa; (Peck) Ginns (1984)
Synonyms
	Pachyma cocos Fr. (1822); Sclerotium cocos Schwein. (1822); Daedalea extensa Peck (1891); Poria cocos F.A.Wolf (1922); Macrohyporia cocos (Schwein.) I.Johans. & Ryvarden (1979); Macrohyporia extensa (Peck) Ginns & J.Lowe (1983); Wolfiporia cocos (F.A.Wolf) Ryvarden & Gilb. (1984);

Wolfiporia extensa (syn. Poria cocos F.A.Wolf), commonly known as hoelen, poria, tuckahoe, China root, fu ling (茯苓, pīnyīn: fúlíng), or matsuhodo, is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a subterranean growth habit. It notably develops a large, long-lasting underground sclerotium resembling a small coconut.