About Phlebia tremellosa (Schrad.) Nakasone & Burds.
Phlebia tremellosa (Schrad.) Nakasone & Burds. produces fruit bodies that are fan-shaped to semicircular, measuring 2–4 cm wide by 5–10 cm long. These fruit bodies are either stalkless caps or spreading crusts, with a spongy to fibrous texture. The upper surface ranges from white to pale yellow, can be dry or moist, and has a hairy to woolly texture; its margin is usually white to translucent. The undersurface holds the fertile hymenium, which has radiating to wrinkled ridges and cross veins, and often forms pore-like depressions in mature specimens. This undersurface is yellowish orange or pinkish orange. The fungus' flesh is around 2 mm thick, with a fleshy to gelatinous texture and a white to yellowish colour. The fungus' visual similarity to bacon inspired its Dutch common name, bacon-pork rind mushroom, though it is inedible. Phlebia tremellosa is distributed across Asia, Europe, North Africa, North America, and South America. It is a white rot fungus that grows on stumps, fallen branches, and logs of both hardwoods and conifers.
