15 September 2010 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Giant Polypore Fruiting Body Rosette like, upper surface zoned, fibrous, yellowish brown, underside whitish to pale yellow, 3 to 5 pores per mm, to about 1 m across Flesh Soft, fibrous, white Smell Indistinct Taste Slightly acidic Season Summer to autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat At the base of deciduous trees, sometimes from buried roots, favouring beech Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (5.5-7.5) x (4.5-6) Edibility Inedible Notes This fungus is easily recognised by its large size 
26 August 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |