29 October 2006 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Cap Tongue or bracket shaped, downy, becoming scaly with age, margin decorated with veil remnants, cream or grey, to about 12 cm across Gills Decurrent, whitish, then yellowish Stem Excentric, scaly, whitish Flesh Tough, white Smell Pleasant Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat Solitary or in small groups on living and dead wood of deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores elongated ellipsoidal to cylindrical, smooth (10-14) x (3-5) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
October 2004 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |