Blushing Rosette - Abortiporus biennis

Description

The fruit body is irregularly shaped or rosette-like, clustered or with short stems.  Caps have a downy to felty surface which is initially whitish becoming pinkish or red-brown.  The pores occasionally exude reddish droplets when it is in growth.  The pores are large, 1 - 3 per mm, jagged or maze-like; iniitially pale then stained red-brown. 
 

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph the whole clump in habitat, and individual caps in more detail; photograph the cap and the pore surface; note habitat and substrate.

Habitat

Mainly on buried deciduous wood in grasslands e.g. parks, gardens, churchyards etc., but occasionally on stumps or woodchip

When to see it

Autumn.

UK Status

Widespread but infrequent in England.

VC55 Status

Although it is recorded from time to time in Leicestershire and Rutland it remains infrequent.

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Species profile

Common names
Blushing Rosette
Species group:
fungus
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Meruliaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
21
First record:
13/09/2010 (Watson, Ashley)
Last record:
30/08/2025 (Carly Butler)

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