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| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | MERULIUS TREMELLOSUS |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | TREMBLING ROT |
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| Fig 1 |
| FRUIT BODY | A resupinate specimen that forms brackets that are thin and flexible with a hairy, white upper surface and a orange-buff lower surface. The initial form of this fungus as pictured above is a spreading mass of orangey-pink uneven flesh that appears porous when examined up close. |
| FLESH | White, thin and gelataneous. |
| SPORES | Hyaline, sausage-shaped. |
| HABITAT | In horizontal clusters on deciduous and less often coniferous trees and rotting timber. |
| SEASON | Common. Autumn to spring. |
| EDIBILITY | Inedible. r |