7 November 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Tripe Fungus Fruiting Body Pressed against the substrate and forming brackets, upper bracket surface hairy, zoned, various shades of grey and brown, underside brown, often grey from spores, to about 8 cm across Flesh Gelatinous, brown Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped (15-17) x (6-7) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
The underside. 7 November 2010 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |