“Umbrella Polypore” Saprobic or parasitic. White rotter on hardwoods. Reappears often. Edible. Consists of many individual smoky gray-brown caps attached to separate stems joined to a basal structure which emerges from a sclerotia below the ground. Small white pores beneath the caps. Found at base of oaks, beech and other hardwoods. Edible when young and soft.
Polyporus umbellatus
