Dichomitus campestris

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By Roger Phillips

Published 2006

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Dichomitus campestris (Quél.) Domański & Orlicz syn. Trametes campestris Quél. (illustrated 65% life size) Fruit body 2–12cm across, convex, cushion-like, resupinate; pale at first, becoming yellowish or brownish, finally staining dark brown to black throughout. Tubes 3–10mm long, sometimes in 2–6 layers (in perennial fruit bodies). Pores 1–2 per mm, circular-angular, often irregular. Spores 9–12.5×3.5–4.5¼, elliptical-cylindrical, thin-walled. Habitat on thin, dead branches of deciduous trees; autumn, or sometimes perennial. Rare – known only from Scotland. Not edible.