Fruit body: gows in a dense bouquet made of circular caps, total width up to 50 cm. Each cap is wide up to 4 cm, flat, at first smooth, later wrinkled, ochraceous to grayish-brown. Hymenial surface is whitish to cream, made of angular pores (1 to 3 on 1 mm), tubes up to 2 mm. Stem is thick up to 3 cm at base and richly branched towards top.

Microscopy: spores cyllindric, 7.5-10x3-4 μm.

Flesh: fleshy when young, later hard and brittle.

Habitat: on ground from sclerotium, close to stumps of various deciduous trees.

Edibility: edible when young.

Reference: Núñez, M, Ryvarden, L., (1995). Polyporus (Basidiomycotina) and related genera,  Synopsis fungorum, vol. 10, p.1-85

Photo: Eva Skifić