Inonotus radiatus

17 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin

Species

Inonotus radiatus

Cap

Bracket shaped, usually growing in tiers, broadly attached to the substrate, upper surface felty, becoming smooth with age, yellow brown to dark brown, sometimes with reddish drops, margin rounded, lower surface whitish, 2 to 4 pores per mm, to about 10 cm across

Flesh

Tough, dark brown

Smell

Indistinct

Taste

Bitter

Season

All year

Distribution

Common

Habitat

On deciduous trees, favouring Alder

Spore Print

Yellowish

Microscopic Features

Spores ellipsoidal to sub-spherical, smooth (5-7) x (3.5-4.5) µm²

Edibility

Inedible

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