A wood-decay fungus that spreads over dead wood as a crust with a woolly whitish upper edge. Its translucent, rubbery underside is orange to pinkish and elaborately wrinkled into a pore-like network. It is common on hardwood stumps and logs across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Habitat
Saprobic white-rot fungus on stumps, logs and fallen branches, mainly of hardwoods such as oak and beech and occasionally of conifers; alone or in overlapping clusters. Late spring through fall, and over winter in warm climates.
Distribution
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Widely distributed in North America; also Europe (including Britain and Ireland), Asia, North Africa and South America.
Characteristics
Fruitbody: 3-10 cm across, irregular, mostly spread over the wood (resupinate) with a stubby turned-back upper edge; up to about 5 mm thick. Upper surface: white to pale yellow, densely woolly. Underside: translucent, somewhat gelatinous, yellowish or pinkish-orange becoming orange to red; covered in a network of ridges and pockets that can look like pores. Flesh: whitish, very thin, fleshy-gelatinous. Spore print: white. Spores: 3.5-4.5 x 1-2 um, sausage-shaped, smooth, inamyloid (MushroomExpert.com; First Nature).
