This plant is very abundant here on fallen tulip trees. I have seen entire tree tops and trunks covered with this plant. The branches after they have been penetrated with the mycelial threads become very light and brittle.
Phlebia. Fr.
Lignatile, resupinate, hymenium soft and waxy, covered with folds or wrinkles, edges entire or corrugated.
Phlebia radiata. Fr.
Figure 377.—Phlebia radiata.
Somewhat round, then dilated, confluent, fleshy and membranaceous, reddish or flesh-red, the circumference peculiarly radiately marked. The folds in rows radiating from the center.
The spores are cylindric-oblong, curved, 4–5×1–1.5µ.
This is quite common on beech bark in the woods. Its bright color and mode of growth will attract attention.