Red-brown Crust
(Rigid Leather Bracket)
Description
Fruit-body crust-like, with imbricate brackets, 2-6 x 2-4 cm. Upper surface of the brackets concentrically zoned, velvety to smooth, dark rusty brown or date-brown to black. Lower surface smooth, red-brown to orange-brown, with undulate, acute margin.
Spore-print colour whitish to light yellowish olive.
Occurrence
Not uncommon on wood of deciduous trees, favouring Oak.
Saprophyte.