Scaly Sawgill - Neolentinus lepideus
It has a tough fleshy fruit-body that is convex intially, then flattens as it matures. The margins are inrolled. The cap is whitish to brownish and covered in dark scales that are denser towards the centre. Gills are whitish, getting darker as the fruit-body ages.
Good quality photos of the fungus in its habitat, and details of cap and gills.
Emerging from dead and decaying conifer wood, including cut timber and fence-posts, and other man-made wooden structures.
Summer-autumn.
Uncommon.
Uncommon.
Sue Bell
Sproxton, Leicestershire
23 August 2024
Sue Bell
Sproxton, Leicestershire
23 August 2024
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Species profile
- Common names
- Scaly Sawgill
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Gloeophyllales
- Family:
- Gloeophyllaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 23/08/2024 (Sue Bee)
- Last record:
- 23/08/2024 (Sue Bee)
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