Pycnoporus cinnabarinus (Jacq.) P. Karst.
Family: Polyporaceae
Cinnabar Bracket
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus image
National Mushroom Centre  
Mata, M., D. Penjor and S. Pradham. 2010. Fungi of Bhutan. National Mushroom Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Local name: No local name known

Edibility:Inedible

Habitat: Solitary or caespitose and lignicolous.

Description: Fruiting bodies: 5-12 cm wide and up to 1 cm thick.  Upper surface:  reddish-orange, fading in age to whitish, wrinkled, with warts or smooth. Hymenophore: Orange-red, fading less than the cap surface, 2-4 pores per mm. Spore Print: White.

Comments: Another species, P. sanguineus, resembles Pycnoporus cinnabarinus but is thinner (up to 0.5 cm thick), has a smaller cap, and is not as common as this one.

Pycnoporus cinnabarinus image
Alvarado, Eduardo  
Pycnoporus cinnabarinus image
Alvarado, Eduardo