Species details
Shaggy bracket
Inonotus hispidus
Inedible
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Description
A large annual bracket with a strongly shaggy rusty-yellow to reddish-brown surface, growing on living hardwoods.
Identification features
Fruitbody 10–30 cm or larger, bracket-shaped and thick. The surface is strongly shaggy; pores are rusty and fresh specimens may exude droplets.
Identification checklist
Key clues are the large bracket form, very shaggy surface and growth on living hardwoods.
How to separate similar species
Phaeolus schweinitzii usually grows near the ground at conifer roots and has a strongly yellow margin when young.
Habitat
Parasitic on various hardwoods, especially ash and apple, in summer and autumn.
Fruiting period
June, July, August, September, October
Similar species
- Dyer's polypore (Phaeolus schweinitzii)
- Inonotus species
- Pseudoinonotus dryadeus