26 February 2023 Crab Wood, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Polyporus brumalis Common Name Winter Polypore Cap Convex, then flattened, sometimes depressed, grey brown to reddish brown, to about 8 cm across Pores Whitish to pale ochre, angular, small, 2 to 3 per mm Stem Central, eccentric or lateral, pale yellow brown to tawny brown Flesh Whitish, tough Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Winter to spring Distribution Frequent Habitat On dead wood of deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth (6-8) x (2-2.5) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
17 March 2008 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
27 March 2010 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |