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Aporpium is a unique genus in the Auriculariaceae because it forms poroid fruit bodies, resembling polypores (bracket fungi) rather than typical jelly fungi. Despite this macroscopic appearance, they possess the septate basidia characteristic of the order. They are often found on decaying hardwood logs.
The defining characteristic is the poroid hymenophore (surface with pores). The texture is often cartilaginous or rubbery when fresh, becoming rigid when dry. Basidia are cruciate-septate (longitudinally septate).
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