| FRUIT BODY |
3-35cm in diameter. Fan-shaped. Variable
in yellow/brown colours and covered woth darker squamules or scales on its upper side. Attached to the host with a strong lateral stem which darkens towards the base with age. |
| GILLS/PORES |
Pores are large and angular and of a whitish-cream colour. |
| FLESH |
White sometimes turning pinkish.
Smells of watermelon rind. Thick and corky. |
| SPORES |
White, broadly elliptical. |
| HABITAT |
Singularly or in groups of 5 to 8 on dead Elm and living Maple trees. |
| SEASON |
Common throughout spring.
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| EDIBILITY |
Edible but only when young and cooked. a |
