Coltricia perennis (Fr.) Murr. Fruit body annual. Cap up to 10cm across, circular but often blending into adjacent specimens when growing in groups; thin, wavy margin; pale cinnamon to deep brown then grayish in age, with dense, concentric bands of color; tough and leathery, becoming brittle and hard when dry; velvety with different tomentum from one color zone to another, reflecting different growth conditions. Tubes up to 3mm deep; cinnamon to rusty brown. Pores 2-4 per mm, angular, thin-walled, slightly, decurrent; surface golden brown to cinnamon or dark brown in age. Stem 15-35 x 2-10mm, central; dark brown. Flesh 1-2mm thick, dense; rusty brown, paler toward the cap. Spores ellipsoid, smooth, 6-9 x 3.5-5µ. Deposit pale yellowish brown. Hyphal structure monomitic with two types of generative hyphae. Habitat on the ground on paths, roadsides, clearings, edges of fires, in coniferous woods. Quite common. Found widely distributed throughout North America in conifer zones and in Europe. Season August-November. Not edible.