12 September 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Bracket shaped, upper surface felty then smooth, cinnamon brown, underside cinnamon brown, pores angular 2 to 4 per mm, to about 10 cm across Flesh Soft, pinkish brown Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to cylindrical (3.5-5) x (2-3) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes The flesh turns purple when exposed to KOH solution 
12 September 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |