Species details
Mossy maze polypore
Cerrena unicolor
Inedible
Photo: Keith Seifert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photo source · License
Description
A grey to ash-zoned tough bracket on hardwood with an irregular maze-like to toothed fertile surface.
Identification features
Fruitbodies are bracket-shaped, thin to moderately thick, grey-brown and often concentrically zoned. The underside is initially porous, later the pores become torn and maze-like.
Identification checklist
Check the ash-grey zoned cap and irregularly porous to maze-like underside.
How to separate similar species
Lenzites betulinus has a more distinctly gill-like fertile surface, while Trametes has more regular pores.
Habitat
Grows on dead and damaged hardwood, often stumps and logs, through much of the year.
Fruiting period
March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November