24 September 2025 Eyeworth Pond, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Bay polypore Cap Funnel shaped, upper surface smooth, grey brown then reddish brown, to about 20 cm across Pores Decurrent, circular, 4 to 7 per mm, whitish to cream Stem Whitish, sometimes black at the base Flesh Thin, whitish Smell Indistinct Taste Bitter Season Spring to autumn Distribution Common Habitat On dead and living wood from deciduous trees, often growing in clusters Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores elongated ellipsoidal, smooth (6-9) x (3-4) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
24 September 2025 Eyeworth Pond, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
24 September 2025 Eyeworth Pond, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
10 April 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
10 April 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |