Polyporus squamosus Huds. ex Fr. Dryad's Saddle, Scaly Polypore, Polypore écailleux, Schuppiger Porling, Pisztricgomba, Poliporo squamoso, Zadelzwam. 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 (Source R. Phillips).  This is a quite common Species in the Netherlands.
{"Image ImageDescription": "Polyporus squamosus Huds. ex Fr. Dryad?s Saddle, Scaly Polypore, Polypore ?cailleux, Schuppiger Porling, Pisztricgomba, Poliporo squamoso, Zadelzwam. 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 (Source R. Phillips).\r\n\r\nThis is a quite common Species in the Netherlands."}