A pale buff encrustation or bracket often found in overlapping tiers in broadleaf woodland on stumps and dead wood, faouring Oak.
Common throughout the year, sporulating late Summer and Autumn.
Broadleaf woodland preferably with Oak.
The fruitbody's upper surface is ochraceous-brown to grey, paler at the margin and finely downy, way and concentrically zoned. The lower hymenial surface is reddish-brown, resupinate or reflexed and smooth.
The flesh is reddish-ochre, thin and is tough and elastic when moist, hard and brittle when dry. Colour changes to blood red when cut.
Colour changes to blood red when scored or cut.
