Wood Cauliflower

Wood Cauliflower - Sparassis crispa

Description

A large to very large branched and folded fruit body; individual branches are flattened and curled.  It is intially cream in colour, browning and becoming leathery with age.  It causes a brown rot on conifers.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

At the base of living or dead conifer trees or stumps, especially Scots pine

When to see it

Summer and autumn.

VC55 Status

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.

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