Description |
Individual brackets are 3 to 7 cm across and have irregularly wavy edges. The colours, which are zoned, are various shades of greyish-orange or greyish white. There is no
stem, but the attachment region is usually quite narrow. |
Spore-bearing surface |
The lower spore-bearing surface is smooth, without pores, and rather paler than the upper surface; it is less distinctly zoned. The flesh is 1 to 2 mm thick. |
Spores |
Pale brown. |
Odour/taste |
No noticeable odour; tough, tasteless and inedible . |
Habitat |
On dead hardwood trees and fallen branches, usually beech. |
Season |
This bracket fungus can be seen a ll through the year; it sheds spores in
late summer and autumn. |
Occurrence |
Fairly common. |
Similar species |
- Trametes versicolor, with generally darker and bolder zones, is much more common.
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