Image of Daedaleopsis tricolor (Bull.) Bondartsev & Singer 1941

Description:

Slo.: tribarvna zvitocevka - Habitat: Harwood forest, almost flat calcareous terrain, northeast oriented, humid place, in shade, partly protected from direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 480 m (1.600 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: fallen rotten thick branch of Corylus avellana. - Comments: Growing gregariously, fruitbody diameter up to 8 cm (3,2 inch), flesh hard. Dry and dead (?) fruitbodies. - Comments Some people consider Daedaleopsis tricolor (Bull.) Fr., Mycol. eur. (Erlanga) 3: 12 (1828) as a variety of: Daedaleopsis confragosa var. tricolor or simply Daedaleopsis confrangosa. To my experience D. tricolor and D. confragosa differ significantly in appearance. Growing gregariously, fruitbody diameter up to 8 cm (3,2 inch), flesh hard. Dry and dead (?) fruitbodies. - Ref.: (1) A.Bernicchia, Polyporaceae s.l., Edizioni Candusso (2005), p 195.