Fomitiporia punctata

The cushion-shaped to long-beaded fruiting bodies are about 10 to 40 cm long, 4 to 8 cm wide and 0.5 to 2.5 cm thick, depending on the branch width. They usually grow in the longitudinal direction of the infested branches and trunks. The edge of the substrate is tight and firm, so that the fruiting bodies are difficult to remove. The surface is greyish brown, hazel to russet and the border is thin. A subiculum is usually hardly recognizable and in any case thinner than 1 mm. The tubes sit directly.. more