Salmon bracket is a distinctive fungus known for its richly colored cap that resembles the color of salmon. It typically grows on dead or dying wood, playing an important role in the ecosystem by helping to decompose the wood. It has a fruiting body that forms shelf-like structures and possesses pores underneath, through which it releases spores.
Cap Diameter:
2 - 15 cm
Odor:
Mildly mushroomy but not distinctive.
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Attributes of Salmon bracket
Cap Diameter
2 - 15 cm
Cap
Up to 15 cm or more wide; resupinate; light orange; soft and waxy when fresh, resinous and hard when dry; margin cottony
