SCIENTIFIC NAME: LENTINELLUS URSINUS
VERNACULAR NAME: BEAR LENTINELLUS
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FRUIT BODY

3 - 10cm wide. A smallish, gelatinous, stemless bracket with a reddish-brown upper surface covered in a fine wool towards the centre. The broad gills are close, pale pink and have a distinctly serrated edge.

FLESH Pale brown and thin with no distinct smell. Harsh tasting.
SPORES Round with amyloid spines.
HABITAT In horizontal clusters on rotting deciduous trees, particularly oak and less often coniferous trees.
SEASON Rare.  Autumn.
EDIBILITY Inedible. r

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