Growing at the base of a living oak tree. 20 March 2022 Hursley, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Kidney shaped, laterally attached to the substrate by a cylindrical stem, upper surface concentrically ridged, shiny, orange, reddish brown or almost black, underside cream, ochraceous with age, 4 to 5 pores per mm, to about 30 cm across Flesh Corky, zoned, whitish when young, darker with age Smell Indistinct Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On deciduous and coniferous wood. Annual. Spore Print Reddish brown Microscopic Features Spores ovoid, truncated, warty (8-11) x (6-8.5) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes Could be confused with G. carnosum which occurs only on wood from Abies species. 
20 March 2022 Hursley, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |