Daedaleopsis confragosa
| Daedaleopsis confragosa | |
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| 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 | |
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| Daedaleopsis confragosa | |
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| 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.