Daedaleopsis confragosa

Daedaleopsis confragosa
Blushing brackets in Erbach, Germany
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Daedaleopsis
Species:
D. confragosa
Binomial name
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Synonyms
  • Boletus confragosus Bolton (1791)
  • Daedalea confragosa (Bolton) Pers. (1801)
  • Trametes confragosa (Bolton) Rabenhorst (1844)
  • Polyporus confragosus (Bolton) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Striglia confragosa (Bolton) Kuntze (1891)
  • Lenzites confragosa (Bolton) Pat. (1900)
  • Agaricus confragosus (Bolton) Murrill (1905)
  • Daedalea confragosa f. bulliardii (Fr.) Domański, Orloś & Skirg. (1967)
  • Ischnoderma confragosum (Bolton) Zmitr. (2001)
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Pores on hymenium
No distinct cap
Hymenium is decurrent
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is white
Ecology is parasitic
Edibility is inedible

Daedaleopsis confragosa, commonly known as the thin-walled maze polypore or the blushing bracket, is a species of polypore fungus in the family Polyporaceae. The species was first described from Europe in 1791 as a form of Boletus, and has undergone several changes of genus in its taxonomic history. It acquired its current name when Joseph Schröter transferred it to Daedaleopsis in 1888.

A plant pathogen, it causes a white rot of injured hardwoods, especially willows. The fruit bodies are semicircular and tough, have a concentrically zoned brownish upper surface, and measure up to 20 cm (8 in) in diameter. The whitish underside turns gray-brown as the fruit body ages, but bruises pink or red. It is found all year and is common in northern temperate woodlands of Eurasia and eastern North America.