Gloeoporus taxicola

Gloeoporus taxicola (Pers.) Gilb. & Ryvarden syn. Meruliopsis taxicola (Pers.) Bondartsev & Singer (illustrated 35% life size) Fruit body forming large, resupinate patches, surface poroid-merulioid, waxy. Pores white to pinkish, darkening on bruising or with age to reddish-brown or almost black, the margin remaining white. Spores 3–7×1–1.5¼, curved-cylindrical. Habitat on coniferous wood; all year. Uncommon. Not edible.