Crimped Gill - Plicatura crispa

A small corticoid, usually appearing in tiers.  The cap surface is felted, orange-brown to paler brown, and zoned.  The underneath fertile surface is radially wrinkled and gill-like, but these are not true gills. 

This may be confused with a small agaric such as Crepidotus, but close examination will show that it does not have true gills. From above, the cap may look like a Stereum, but this has a smooth fertile surface. 

Photograph the cap and fertile surface; note habitat and substrate. 

They grow in dense overlapping tiers on dead stumps and branches.

All year round, especially in late winter and spring.

Previously scarce in Britain outside of Scotland, its British range has increased dramatically this century, especially since 2010.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.