Appearance
Fruit bodies of the fungus are fan-shaped to semicircular, measuring 2–4 cm wide by 5–10 cm long. They have a spongy to fibrous texture, comprising stalkless caps or spreading crusts. The upper surface, white to pale yellow in colour, can be dry to moist, and hairy to woolly. The undersurface, bearing the fertile hymenium, features radiating to wrinkled ridges and cross veins, and often forms pore-like depressions on mature specimens. Its colour is yellowish orange or pinkish orange. The flesh of this fungus is about 2 mm thick, with a fleshy to gelatinous texture and white to yellowish colour.In Dutch, the mushroom is known as bacon-pork rind mushroom because of the resembling with a piece of bacon. It is inedible.
Distribution
''Merulius tremellosus'' is found in Asia, Europe, North Africa, North America, and South America. It is a white rot species that grows on the stumps, fallen branches, and logs of both hardwoods and conifers.References:
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