Species details
Blushing bracket
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Inedible
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Description
A bracket fungus with a zoned greyish to reddish-brown upper surface and irregular elongated pores.
Identification features
Stemless and directly attached to wood. The underside is greyish to yellow-white; fresh pore surfaces change colour when bruised. Flesh is corky.
Identification checklist
Check the entire fruitbody for identification. A bracket fungus with a zoned greyish to reddish-brown upper surface and irregular elongated pores. Stemless and directly attached to wood. The underside is greyish to yellow-white; fresh pore surfaces change colour when bruised. Flesh is corky. On dead or dying hardwood; throughout the year.
Detailed features
- Cap
- A bracket fungus with a zoned grey to reddish-brown upper surface and irregular elongated pores.
- Hymenophore
- There is no stem and the fruitbody is attached directly to wood. The underside is greyish to yellowish-white; the fresh pore surface changes colour when pressed. The flesh is corky.
- Flesh
- Pale wood-brown and corky.
- Smell
- No distinctive smell.
- Spore print
- White.
Size
- Cap diameter
- 3–15 cm
Habitat
On dead or dying hardwood; throughout the year.
Fruiting period
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Ecology
- Trophic mode
- Saprotrophic
- Substrate
- Dead hardwood, Living wood
- Notes
- Saprotrophic species. On dead or dying hardwood; throughout the year.
How to separate similar species
Compare especially with: Daedaleopsis tricolor, Daedalea quercina, Trametes gibbosa. A single feature or photograph is not sufficient for reliable identification.
Similar species
Interesting facts
Did you know? On fresh fruitbodies, the pore surface can stain noticeably when pressed, a useful field character.