Bracket ID

[Tormentil]

Is this a Birch Polypore -Piptoporus betulinus

[leifus]

yes it is - nice photo

the underneath looks a bit like a maze-gill though

[Tormentil]

Thanks leifus.

It was growing on a rotting birch trunk.

[leifus]

Originally Posted by Tormentil

Thanks leifus.

It was growing on a rotting birch trunk.

yes then it will be Birch polypore

Daedalea quercina (maze-gill) usually grows on oak.
Having looked again, the grooves aren't quite deep enough anyway

[ron1863]

Originally Posted by Tormentil

Is this a Birch Polypore -Piptoporus betulinus

Correct, it's one of the few I can easily recognise.