Wrinkled Crust Fungus

Wrinkled Crust Phlebia radiata (Fr. Phlébie rayonnante) is an inedible resupinate* fungus of dead wood in the white rot family. It forms gelatinous lumpy irregular radiating patches about 10 cm across. It can be anything from pale greyish pink to bright orange in colour, depending on age. 

Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere it grows on broadleaf and sometimes conifer trees, especially on oak and beech, and in the case of these photos, taken in the Forest of Preuilly, on birch. It doesn't smell or taste of anything in particular.

*Resupinate means the fungus forms a scab like crust, and is stuck to the wood substrate. It does not have loose or projecting brackets.