Found by John Parsons. 22 February 2009 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Bracket or hoof shaped, upper surface zoned, yellowish, then orange or red, shiny, darkening with age, under surface whitish, bruising yellowish, 4 to 6 pores per mm, to about 40 cm across Flesh Firm, yellowish Smell Strong, acidic Season All year, perennial Distribution Rarely recorded Habitat On dead wood and trunks of coniferous and deciduous trees Spore Print Pale yellow Microscopic Features Spores cylindrical to ellipsoidal, smooth (6-8.5) x (3.5-4) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
Found by John Parsons. 5 August 2010 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Found by John Parsons. 5 August 2010 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Found by John Parsons. 5 August 2010 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Identified by Eric Janke. 26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
On fallen beech. Identified by Eric Janke. 26 February 2022 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Wiltshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |