Aurantiporus pulcherrimus (Rodway) P.K. Buchanan & Hood

A small, soft, brightly coloured polypore which is often found in groups on trunks of dying beech trees.

Size: these fruiting bodies in the image were young and only 15–25 x 20–25 mm. When mature they can be up to 95–70 mm. It causes a white rot.

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