29 October 2007 Bedfordshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Paxillus panuoides Cap Tongue or bracket shaped, laterally attached to the substrate, surface felty then finely scaly, dark buff to ochraceous, to about 6 cm across Gills Decurrent, crowded, branched, often wrinkled, buff to yellowish brown Flesh Ochraceous Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead coniferous wood Spore Print Ochraceous rust Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (4-5.5) x (3-4) µm2 Edibility Inedible Notes This species could be confused with the much rarer Phyllotopsis nidulans, which has brighter colours and a hairy cap. The fungus is frequent in damp coal mines, where it causes damage to supporting timbers |