Spongipellis spumeus (Sow. ex Fr.) Pat. syn. Polyporus spumeus Sow. ex Fr. Schwammiger Porling. Bracket 5�20(30)cm across, 3�10cm wide, 2�6cm thick, fan-shaped, usually single; upper surface felty, white to yellowish becoming ochraceous to olive-brown with age. Flesh whitish, in two distinct layers; the thin upper layer soft and spongy, the lower one much thicker, hard and fibrous. Taste not distinctive, smell sweet and heady, sometimes of anise. Tubes 5�15(20)mm long, whitish. Pores 2�5 per mm, more or less circular, cream. Spores white, broadly elliptic to subglobose, 6.5�9 x 5�7um. Habitat on deciduous trees. Season autumn. Rare. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.