Species details
Conifer mazegill
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Inedible
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Description
A tough rusty to dark-brown bracket on conifer wood with a maze- to gill-like fertile surface.
Identification features
Caps are bracket-shaped, velvety to hairy, rusty-yellow to dark brown and zoned. The underside has elongated pores merging into gill-like mazes.
Identification checklist
Check for a rusty-brown bracket on conifer wood and a distinctly elongated, maze- to gill-like fertile surface.
How to separate similar species
Gloeophyllum abietinum is very similar; flesh colour, flexibility and fertile-surface details help separate them.
Habitat
Grows on dead and worked conifer timber, including fences, beams and stumps, from spring to late autumn.
Fruiting period
March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
Similar species
- Gloeophyllum abietinum
- Gloeophyllum trabeum
- Birch mazegill (Lenzites betulinus)