On a small dead conifer that looked like a Spruce, by the side of the footpath, there were multiple semi-pileate crusts of Trichaptum abietinum, a new species for me that is probably long overdue. The crusts are annual and probably were only fresh last year or even in a previous year. The remains of the pore structure now resemble a slightly purplish mesh.
Here are the caps running along the underside of the dead branches, the abhymenial surfaces.
I revisited in January 2025, on the 18th. Although this still looks like Spruce the host could be the 2-needled Pine regularly planted close-by.
This is a better image of the crust underside, fresher I think. The shallowness of the pores together with the colour and habitat is fairly diagnostic down to the genus Trichaptum at least.
However, the abhymenial sides of the brackets are still looking pale, stale and collecting algae:
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