| Macroscopic characters | shape | Flabelliform; dimidiate; circular; sessile |
| size | 1-35 cm broad and long x 0.2 -3 cm thick |
| texture | Corky; flexible when fresh; more rigid when dry |
| pileus | White, cream, gray to blackish; glabrous; smooth to concentrically sulcate, often warted; old basidiocarps often green near the center from algae |
| stipe | None |
| context | White to pale cream; up to 15 mm thick near the base; corky- tough when fresh; woody to hard when dry |
| pore surface | Buff to creamy buff |
| pores | Very variable, round to angular to elongate or sinuous- daedaloid; 1-2 per mm |
| tube layer(s) | Up to 6 mm deep |
| Microscopic characters | hyphal system | Trimitic; skeletal hyphae yellow to golden, thick-walled to solid; binding hyphae hyaline to pale yellow, thick-walled, profusely branched |
| clamp connections | Generative hyphae, hyaline, thin-walled with clamps |
| sterile elements | None |
| basidiospores | Cylindric to oblong ellipsoid; hyaline; 5-7 x 2-3 µm |
| Habitat characters | substrate/host | Dead hardwoods of many genera |
| seasonality | Annual to perennial |
| type of decay | White rot |
| range | Common in southeastern United States; widespread; very common in all tropical areas |
| Notes | |
| References | Gilbertson & Ryvarden, 1987; Grand & Vernia, 2009; Overholts, 1953 |
