Toothed Crust

Description:

Neat round fruitbodies of this pale resupinate crust fungus grow and meet to form irregular patches, sometimes covering almost the entire surface of a fallen branch. This crust fungus consumes dead deciduous hardwood, and it is only an occasional find in most parts of Britain and Ireland. Toothed Crust is one of the waxy crust fungi that can revive after desiccation. Common synonyms: Hyphoderma radula; Radulum radula

Habitat:

Patches are rounded at first, ochraceous yellow with creamy-white margins, merging to cover large area; surface wholly or mainly resupinate; fertile surface covered in blunt teeth. Spores White. Odour/taste Not distinctive. Habitat On dead hardwood, maily fallen branches and felled trunks. Season Fruiting in late summer, autumn and early winter. Occurrence Uncommon. ( http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/basidi... )

Notes:

A toothed, rather thick, pale resupinate with thin-walled cystidia and fairly large, allantoid spores ( http://www.mycokey.com/MycoKeySolidState... ), ------- Schizoporaceae are a family of fungi in the order Hymenochaetales. These are saprobic, and cause white rots of standing and fallen wood of coniferous and broadleaved trees.[1] According to one 2008 estimate, the family contains 14 genera and 109 species (wikipedia), ---( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Li... )