Cerioporus mollis

Common mazegill

Over-mature fruit bodies on fallen willow in Hertfordshire, UK.
Over-mature fruit bodies on fallen willow in Hertfordshire, UK.
Bracket-shaped fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
Numerous developing bracket-shaped fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
The pore characteristics of fruit bodies.
The pore characteristics of fruit bodies.
Bracket-shaped fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
Resupinated fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
Mostly resupinated fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
The pore characteristics of fruit bodies.

Over-mature fruit bodies on fallen willow in Hertfordshire, UK.
Over-mature fruit bodies on fallen willow in Hertfordshire, UK.
Bracket-shaped fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
Numerous developing bracket-shaped fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
The pore characteristics of fruit bodies.
The pore characteristics of fruit bodies.
Bracket-shaped fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
Resupinated fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
Mostly resupinated fruit body on a fallen tree in Ware, UK.
The pore characteristics of fruit bodies.

Common name

Common mazegill

Often found on

Maple and willow.

Sometimes found on

Other broadleaved species.

Location

Usually found fruiting on the stem and larger branches.

Description

Tough and woody. Brownish-black upper surface generally indistinct. White pore layer usually significantly exposed that bruises to the touch. Tubes slotted, elongated, and maze-like. Usually quite flat against the stem with very little bracket formation.

Confused with

Daedalea quercina (found on oak and brackets much larger).

Significance

Considered to be saprophytic. Usually found on dead sections of trees / fallen trees.