Soft Bracket
From the latest record: 2021-10-02.
Pores are white, small, and dense, becoming yellowish with age.
Convex to flat, soft and spongy in texture, yellowish-white to pale orange.
Decurrent.
Absent or rudimentary; the mushroom is often sessile.
Spore print: Yellowish.
Saprobic, growing on decaying coniferous wood, particularly on spruce.
Generally considered inedible due to its soft and insubstantial texture.
Fruit body: Up to 5-10 cm across.
Cap: 3-8 cm in diameter.
Wood-rotting fungus that forms soft, spongy fruit bodies on dead coniferous wood. The pale color and soft, rubbery texture are distinguishing features. This mushroom plays a vital role in nutrient recycling within forest ecosystems but is not of culinary interest due to its texture.
Published in: Quél. In: Enchir. fung. (Paris): 175. (1886).
Valgejõe, Harju County, Estonia
Dead fallen spruce (Picea abies) tree trunk. In midst of forest.
59°27'49.3"N 25°45'28.1"E (59.463693, 25.757793), alt: 63.30 m
🔆 Fair weather with overcast and clouds, forest semi-shade
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