28 October 2025 Near Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Aurantiporus fissilis, Tyromyces fissilis Fruiting Body Bracket shaped, upper surface rough, felty, whitish to ochraceous, pores large, 2 to 3 per mm, whitish, sometimes exuding clear or red droplets, to about 20 cm wide, and 10 cm thick Flesh Firm, moist, white Smell Fungal, pleasant Taste Mushroomy, +/- bitter Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On dead wood from deciduous trees, favouring beech Spore Print Spores broadly ellipsoidal, smooth (4-5.5) x (2.5-3.5) µm2. Basidia club shaped, 4 spored. Generative hyphae with clamps. Microscopic Features Spore ellipsoidal Edibility Inedible Notes This species could be confused with Spongipellis spumea 
Spores in Congo Red solution viewed with a 100X immersion objective. 28 October 2025 Near Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
15 August 2010 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
16 August 2008 West Sussex. An unusual form that was dripping profusely. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
24 August 2020 Hampshire. Growing on a fallen beech tree. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |