Stereum rameale Syn. S. ochraceoflavum
This fruit body is found on dead twigs & branches of hardwood, both attached and fallen, commonly oak. Occasionally to be found on birch, alder & rarely on some other hardwoods.
A broadly attached resupinate not exceeding 20mm across, it has a flat appearance. When vertically disposed it forms tiered bracket like, fused linear groups. Individuals may be fan shaped or semi-circular. The upper surface
appears smooth & velvety but under magnification is covered in fine bumps of varying shapes, pale ochraceous, with a fringed, woolly, slightly wavy, sharp margin. When scored with a sharp knife the wound will not bleed red. The off white flesh, is thin, tough, leathery, elastic when wet, it can be brittle when dry.
The spore print is white.
The spores are translucent, cylindrical to narrowly elliptical, smooth, discolouring weekly in the presence of iodine. The 4 pronged basidia are slightly club-shaped.
Found at Bramshill Plantation, Heath Warren, Warren Heath & Yateley.