Pseudoinonotus dryadeus

Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Inonotus dryadeus) 01208

Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Pers.) T. Wagner & M. Fisch.

 Previously known as Inonotus dryadeus 

Oak Bracket” or “Weeping Polypore”. Parasitic and saprobic. Causes white rot at oak base; secretes an orange-brown exudate. It has a cream to orange-tan colored velvety cap surface with a yellowish margin. Whitish to gray  small pores become ochre or yellow with age. Flesh is yellowish-brown and soft. Spore print is white.  Appears in summer and fall. It is in the Hymenochaetaceae family of the Hymenochaetales order.

Pseudoinonotus dryadeus (Inonotus dryadeus) 01206

Pseudoinonotus dryadeus