15 August 2010 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Tyromyces fissilis Fruiting Body Bracket shaped, upper surface rough, felty, whitish, pores large, 2 to 3 per mm, whitish, sometimes exuding clear or red droplets, to about 20 cm wide, and 10 cm thick Flesh Firm, moist, white Smell Fungal, pleasant Taste Mushroomy, +/- bitter Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Rare Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, favouring beech Spore Print Spores broadly ellipsoidal, smooth (4-5.5) x (2.5-3.5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, 4 spored. Generative hyphae with clamps. Microscopic Features Spore ellipsoidal Edibility Inedible Notes This species could be confused with Spongipellis spumeus 
16 August 2008 West Sussex. An unusual form that was dripping profusely. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
24 August 2020 Hampshire. Growing on a fallen beech tree. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |