Blushing Bracket
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Family: Polyporaceae
Overview
Common red-brown bracket on dead willow and birch in damp woodland across Europe and North America. Pores bruise pink-red — diagnostic. Inedible (tough), but used as a tea in some traditions for ulcer relief; medicinal data weak.
Edibility
Inedible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Host trees & substrate
- Local forest substrate
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