Trichaptum biforme (Fr.) Ryvarden
Family: Polyporaceae
Trichaptum biforme 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:  Lignicolous on rotting wood and gregarious.

Description: Cap: Up to 5 cm long and 6 cm wide, fan-shaped, dimidiate to tiled (imbricate), surface with fine downy hairs (pubescence) to smooth with age, with concentric grey lines, brownish-grey or  brownish-yellow to orange-brown and violet-brown toward the margin. Hymenophore: 2-3 pores per mm, resembling teeth up to 4 mm long, pinkish-violet to light pinkish-beige. Flesh: White. Spore Print: White.

Comments: The most important diagnostic feature of T. biforme is hymenophore made up of elongate, robust pores resembling teeth, pinkish-violet in colour and also the colouring of the cap, forming concentric lines with grey, violet, brown or beige tones.