16 November 2013 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Bracket shaped, laterally attached to the substrate, upper surface concentrically ridged, shiny as if varnished, red brown to purple brown, often coated with spores, underside white then yellowish, pores 4 to 5 per mm, to about 30 cm wide, and 15 cm deep Flesh Dark brown, tough Smell Fungal Season All year Distribution Infrequent Habitat On living and dead deciduous trees, usually beech but also oak Spore Print Brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, truncated, warty (8.5-11.5) x (6.5-9) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This species could be confused with Ganoderma resinaceum. The upper surface produces a yellow powder when scratched with a knife. 
5 May 2008 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |