Fragile Postia

Postia fragilis

On dead coniferous wood. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies annual, medium-sized, in the form of caps arranged in overlapping tiers, attached to the substrate by the side. Caps 3-8 (10) cm long, 2-6 cm wide, 1-2 cm thick, flattened, surface finely wrinkled, radially furrowed, downy, white, whitish, turning brown when pressed, when old yellowish-cream, pale brown. Hymenophore white, whitish, turning brown when pressed. Tubes 0.3–1 cm long, whitish. Flesh fleshy, fibrous, white, turning brown when pressed or with age, mild-tasting. Grows in forests and parks on rotten coniferous wood – snags, stumps, windfalls. Causes an active brown rot of the wood. Common. An active saprotroph.