Lenzites betulinaCommon Name: None. Description: Fruit body annual; no stem; broadly attached or with a small stemlike attachment. Bracket up to 8 cm across, 5 cm wide, 2 cm thick flat, semicircular or fan-shaped, with an even or lobed margin; upper surface white, cream, grayish, or brownish, older specimens often have a green tinge because fo algae growing in the fine hairs; tough and leathery with an uneven surface, concentrically grooved, zoned and hairy. Habitat: singly or in overlapping groups on hardwoods and coniferous wood. Common. Found in midwestern and eastern North America, the Pacific Northwest, and California, but extremely rare elsewhere. Edible: Not edible. Source: Mushrooms of North America by Roger Phillips. |