Shaggy Bracket

Inonotus hispidus

On living deciduous trees. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies annual, large, 10-30 cm across and larger, semicircular, hoof-shaped, attached to the substrate by the broad side, surface coarsely bristly, hairy, felty, unzoned, lumpy, reddish-yellowish-brown, when old blackish-brown. Pores yellow, turning black when touched, young ones exude sticky droplets of liquid. Flesh yellow, watery when young, corky and hard when old. Grows singly or several fruiting bodies together on deciduous trees, most often fruit trees, especially walnuts and apple trees. Causes a white rot of the wood. A parasite. Very rare.