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Zoned brackets on rock
Trametes or Stereum Genus
Angles captured. Two frames from above and slightly to the side.
Morphology
A colony of thin, leathery, overlapping brackets 2–4 cm across, upper surface concentrically zoned in cream, grey-brown and buff with a white margin, finely velvety. Growing shelved along a substrate edge.
Habitat & substrate
On mossy woody debris against a rock, with pine needles and litter around.
Lookalikes & what rules them out
Trametes versicolor and Stereum ostrea are identical from above.
To confirm this identification
The underside. Fine white pores = Trametes; a smooth buff surface = Stereum. The same open question as TM0014 in Volume 1.
Notes
Second time this exact question has come up. One underside photo would close it permanently.
Found at Elm St area, Leominster, MA on Thursday, 6 August 2026 at 11:52. See the full walk for that day's weather and everything else recorded.
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Small zoned bracketTrametes or Stereum · Jul 31Moderate
Cinnabar polypore on oakPycnoporus cinnabarinus (= Trametes cinnabarina) · Aug 1High
Birch polyporeFomitopsis betulina or Fomes fomentarius · Aug 6Moderate
Cinnabar polypore on a stickPycnoporus cinnabarinus (= Trametes cinnabarina) · Aug 6High
Bracket colony among fernsTrametes or Stereum · Aug 8Low–moderate
Turkey tail on the fallen logTrametes versicolor · Aug 8Moderate–high
Bracket colony on the rock ledgeTrametes or Stereum · Aug 8Low–moderate