Trametes gibbosa

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Trametes gibbosa

1 October 2023 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Flesh

White, tough

Smell

Indistinct

Taste

Indistinct

Season

All year, but sporulating in the spring

Distribution

Very common

Habitat

On fallen trunks and other dead wood of deciduous trees

Edibility

Inedible

Notes

The algae usually seen on the surface is an associate of the fungus

Trametes gibbosa

1 October 2023 Franchises Wood, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Trametes gibbosa

15 October 2007 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.