How to identify it?
Cap
Cap up to 40 cm across, semicircular or irregular kidney shape; tan to black; surface finely velvety. Flesh woody, reddish brown to orange-brown or yellow-brown. Odour and taste not distinctive.
Pores
Pores brown, 6-8 pores per mm, bruising brownish for fresh specimens.




Scientific Classification

Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Hymenochaetales Family
Hymenochaetaceae Genus
Phellinus Species
Cracked cap polypore