On a fallen beech tree. 18 October 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Smoky Polypore Fruiting Body Bracket shaped, thin, upper surface velvety, grey with a white margin, darkening with age, underside covered with pores, grey, darkening with age, each bracket grows to about 3 cm across Flesh Tough Smell Fungal Taste Sour Season All year Distribution Very common Habitat On living and dead wood from deciduous trees favouring beech Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth, with drops (4-5.5) x (2.5-3) µm2. Basidia cylindrical, 4 spored. Hyphal system monomitic. Hyphae branched, with clamps. Edibility Inedible 
18 October 2014 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |