Blushing Bracket - Daedaleopsis confragosa

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Alternative names
Trametes rubescens
Description

 A medium to large annual bracket, constricted at base but broadly attached; yellow-brown to brownish-red.  Pores large, 1 - 2 per mm, red staining; rounded at first then radially stretching with age to become elongate. No hairs on cap or margin. 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

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

Habitat

Dead deciduous wood, particularly Willow

VC55 Status

Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • David Nicholls
    Western Park
    12 January 2006
    old specimen with rich red colours
  • Graham Calow
    Burbage Common and Woods
    23 May 2014
    fresh white and old red specimens
  • Melinda Bell
    Donisthorpe, St. John Church
    16 October 2019
  • Peter Smith
    Whitwick, Ratchet Hill
    22 December 2021
  • AJ Cann
    Ulverscroft
    24 September 2017
  • David Nicholls
    Launde Fish Ponds
    22 September 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    30 September 2012

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Species profile

Common names
Blushing Bracket
Species group:
Fungi
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
195
First record:
05/11/2004 (Nicholls, David)
Last record:
19/01/2026 (Cooper, Barbara)

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  • Steve Mathers
    Ulverscroft NR
    24 September 2017
  • Melinda Bell
    Beacon Hill
    07 January 2022
  • Graham Calow
    Ulverscroft
    08 September 2011
    underside
  • Melinda Bell
    Moira, Conkers
    10 October 2019
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    16 August 2006
  • David Nicholls
    Ulverscroft NR
    05 November 2004
  • Peter Smith
    Whitwick, Ratchet Hill
    22 December 2021
  • stepgray4
    Ulverscroft
    11 October 2020
  • stepgray4
    Ulverscroft
    11 October 2020
  • Jane Hollingworth
    Tom Long's meadow
    27 December 2024
  • Jane Hollingworth
    Tom Long's meadow
    27 December 2024
  • David Nicholls
    Launde Fish Ponds
    22 September 2012