Inonotus cuticularis (Bull. ex Fr.)
Samtporling Karst. Bracket 5–20cm across, 3–10cm wide, 0.5–2.5cm thick, single or in overlapping tiers, soft and fleshy when young, later corky and fibrous; upper surface velvety becoming smooth, zoned, apricot at first then rusty, finally umber or tobacco-coloured. Flesh rusty brown, fibrous. Tubes 3–10mm long, rusty. Pores 2–4 per mm, circular at first becoming irregular, yellow-brown then rusty or cinnamon, glancing in the light. Spores brown, ovoid-ellipsoid, 5.5–8´4–6m. Hyphal structure dimitic; generative hyphae without clamp-connections. Setae in tubes dark brown, fusiform, with acute apex projecting beyond the basidia; similar seta-like structures are found on the cap-surface but these are dark brown, branched and anchor-shaped. Habitat on deciduous trees, especially oak and beech. Season autumn, annual. Uncommon. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.