Polyporus melanopus, is a world-wide wood-rotting stalked polypore occasionally found on logs. Cap to 100 mm, brown to red-brown, fairly tough, regular in shape, funnel-shaped. Pores underneath off-white shades, fine pores; spore print white. Stem stout, often eccentric, usually brown and felty. Day's Picnic Ground, Mt Macedon, 2008.