Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Birch Mazegill

Facts
Common Name: 
Birch Mazegill
Scientific Name: 
Lenzites betulinus
Information
Description: 

This bracket fungus is rounded with a fine hairy surface that is off white to grey that is zoned in shades of brown. The distinctive elongated pores resemble gills and are pale cream to greyish in colour. This fungus often grows in large clusters and causes a white rot in the host tree.