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FungusLCLeast Concern

Dryad's Saddle

Cerioporus squamosus

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A large, handsome bracket fungus with scaly, fan-shaped fruitbodies growing on dead and dying elm, ash and sycamore. It has a pleasant cucumber or watermelon scent when fresh. Edible when very young, later becoming fibrous and tough.

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Quick Facts

Category
Fungus
Latin name
Cerioporus squamosus
IUCN Status
LC — Least Concern
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Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.