Fruiting body small, up to about 4 inches across, semi-cicular to funnel shaped, with a stalk at the side, or at the center of the funnel, thin, leathery and flexible. Usually grow in clusters of few to many, often in overlapping rosettes, and sometimes fusing side-to-side. Top with striking concentric zones of whites, browns, grays, oranges and sometimes greens, reds, and blacks. Zones often also varying from smooth to fuzzy. Underside with very small (about 1/4 mm) pores, white to grayish. Pores are lined with the spore-forming structures (basidia). Grows on and decays the dead wood of hardwoods, and sometimes conifers. Can be found at any time of the year.

One of the most common mushrooms in the woods of North America. Perhaps the most common mushroom in Wildwood Park. |