This bracket fungus grows on trees and stumps of broadleaf trees, especially Beech and Birch and causes a white rot. The fungus can persist for years.
Uncommon and local in the U.K.
On standing trees and stumps of broadleaf trees, especially Birch and Beech causing a white rot.
The hoof-shaped cap surface is covered with a 10-30mm thick, hard, horny crust that is variable in colour, young specimens being red-brown and grey to dark grey in older specimens.
The flesh is thick and wood-brown in colour, tough, fibrous and has a pleasan fruity smell.
The pores are greyish to greyish-brown. A new tube layer is added each year, each layer being approximately 5-6mm deep.
Pale-cream
Also known as the Tinder Fungus it was once used to start fires. Fomentarius means "pertaining to tinder"
