Polyporus squamosus Huds. ex Fr. Schuppiger Porling Polypore écailleux, Dryad’s Saddle. Bracket 5–60cm across, 0.5–5cm thick, initially circular or fan-shaped, ochraceous-cream covered in concentric dark brown fibrillose scales. Stem 30–100 x 20–60mm, lateral or occasionally off-centre, blackish towards the base. Flesh 1–3cm thick, succulent when fresh, drying corky, white. Smell strongly of meal. Tubes 5–10mm long, decurrent down the stem, white to creamy. Pores 1–3 x 0.5–1.5mm, irregular and angular, whitish to ochraceous-cream. Spores white, oblong-ellipsoid, 10–15 x 4–5um. Hyphal structure dimitic with generative and binding hyphae; generative hyphae with clamp-connections. Habitat parasitic on deciduous trees, especially elm, beech and sycamore, causing intensive white rot. Season spring to summer, annual. Common. Edible when still young and soft. Distribution, America and Europe.