Commonly referred to as the Blushing Bracket, because there are often shades of pink or mauve in the upper surface, Daedaleopsis confragosa is a tough, slow-growing fungus.Often these distinctive brackets can be seen on riverside willows in midwinter, a time when very few other large basidiomycete fungi are in evidence. The bright brackets catch any sunlight and stand out starkly from the dark background of the branches or trunks to which they are attached.
Commonly referred to as the Blushing Bracket, this tough, inedible polypore is most commonly seen in tiers on dead or dying willow trunks and branches. It is less frequently seen growing on alder, and just occasionally on hazel, birch, poplar and other broadleaf trees..
