Polyporus floccipes Rostk. syn. P. squamosus f. coronatus (Rostk.) Pilát syn. P. lentus Berk. Zäher Porling. Cap 2–10(15)cm across, semicircular or circular, depressed above the point of attachment to the stem, yellow-cream to light cinnamon covered in hairy scales with darkening tips, thick and fleshy. Stem 5–60 x 5–15mm, lateral, off-centre or central, pallid, covered at the base in bundles of stiff white cottony hairs. Flesh white. Tubes very short, decurrent far down the stem, pallid to ochraceous-cream. Pores 2–2.5 x 1–1.5mm, polygonal or longitudinal, ochraceous-cream. Spores hyaline, ellipsoid-cylindric, 9–14 x 4–5.5um. Hyphal structure dimitic with generative and binding hyphae; generative hyphae with clamp-connections. Habitat on fallen twigs of deciduous trees. Season spring. Uncommon. Not edible. Found In Europe.
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