A small perennial polypore with densely felted brackets.  The felty layer is separated from the flesh of the caps by a dark line. It has no setae (bristles).

host

Photograph upper and lower fertile surface to show pores; note host plant and substrate

Typically found on old Ribes (currants and gooseberry); also occasionally on spindle and other hosts, often in hedges or on garden shrubs. 

All year.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.