Bracket Fungus

Laetiporus speciosus (Batt.) Murrill, Bull. Torrey
Club 31: 607. 1904.
Agaricus speciosus Batt. Fung. Hist. 68. 1755,
Boletus sulphureus Bull. Herb. Fr. pi. 429. 1788.
Boletus citrtnus Planer, Ind. PI. Erf. 26. 1788.
Polyporus sulphureus Vxi^s^ Syst. Myc. 1 : 357. 1821.
Polypilus sulphureus Karst. Rev. Myc. 3^ : 17. 1881.
Polypilus speciosus Murrill, Jour. Myc. 9 : 93. 1903.
Polyporus cincinnatus Morgan, Jour. Cine. Soc. Nat. Hist. 6 : 97, 1885. Hymenophore cespitose-multiplex, 30-60 cm. broad ; pileus cheesy, not becoming rigid, reniform, very broad, more or less stipitate, 5-15X7-20X0.5-1 cm.; surface finely tomentose to glabrous, rugose, anoderm, ^ubzonate at times, varying from lemon-yellow to orange, fading out with age ; margin thin, fertile, concolorous, subzonate,. finely tomentose, undulate, rarely lobed : context cheesy, very fragile when dry, yellow when fresh, usually white in dried specimens, homogeneous, 3-7 mm. thick; tubes annual, 2-3 mm. long, sulphur-yellow within, mouths minute, angular, somewhat irregular, 3-4 to a mm., edges very thin, lacerate, sulphur-yellow, with color fairly permanent in dried specimens : spores ovoid, smooth, or finely papillate, hyaline, 6-8X3-5^,
Type locality : Europe.
Habitat : Trunks of deciduous, and rarely evergreen, trees.
Distribution: Cosmopolitan.