User:Brammers/Inonotus dryadeus

Pocket Nature Fungi of Britain and Europe, Shelley Evans and Geoffrey Kibby, p226 2010 ed

 * Hymenochaetaceae
 * Forms very thick brackets annually, with a velvety upper surface that is ochre to reddish-brown
 * Oozes red-brown liquid when young
 * Pores go grey-white to yellow when young
 * Soft flesh with unpleasant odour
 * Appears on wounds on broadleaf trees, predominantly oak although occasionally maple, elm and chestnut.
 * Brown spores
 * Summer to autumn fruiting
 * Locally common, widespread in temperate N. Europe
 * Inedible

Mushrooms & Toadstools of Britain and Europe, David Pegler, Kingfisher Publications, p155 2001 ed

 * Occasional to fairly common
 * Grows close to the ground on oak trunks
 * Cap margin exudes drops of yellowish liquid
 * 5-30cm fruitbody, thick, broadly attached, rusty brown, white to yellow margin.
 * Tubes up to 3cm long
 * Pores 3-5mm, yellow to brown
 * Flesh fibrous, yellowish-brown, up to 5cm thick.
 * Spores globose, smooth, white, 7-8 x 6.5-8 micrometres
 * Season Jan - Dec
 * Inedible
 * Sim. species: I. cuticularis smaller, grows on beech, sycamore, elm

Collins complete guide to British Mushrooms & Toadstools, Paul Sterry and Barry Hughes, p286 2009

 * Also known as Oak Bracket
 * Large, fleshy, associated with oaks
 * Weeps more than is usual for Inonotus spp.
 * Fruit body to 25cm across, thick body, broad margin.
 * Upper surface pitted and felty. Cream to orange-brown with paler margin.
 * Underside with fine pores, greyish white which mature to yellow or reddish-brown.
 * Solitary or in groups, at base of oaks
 * Widespread but occasional