| Macroscopic characters | shape | Stipitate to sessile; circular to dimidiate to reniform |
| size | 1-8 x 1-10 x 0.1-0.7 cm |
| texture | Corky |
| pileus | Fibrillose to squamose or scaly; pale reddish-yellow to pale buff with age |
| stipe | Central to lateral; buff; glabrous; up to 1 cm long by 0.5 cm thick |
| context | Pale tan to ivory; azonate; corky; up to 1 mm thick |
| pore surface | White to tan |
| pores | Diamond shaped; radially elongated; 1-2 per mm tangentially |
| tube layer(s) | Continuous with the context; up to 5 mm thick |
| Microscopic characters | hyphal system | Di-trimitic; binding hyphae nonseptate, thick-walled with tapering apices |
| clamp connections | Contextual generative hyaline with clamps |
| sterile elements | Hyphal pegs frequent; 40-50 x17-40 µm |
| basidiospores | Cylindric; hyaline; smooth; 11-14.5 x 4-5 µm |
| Habitat characters | substrate/host | Dead wood of numerous hardwood genera |
| seasonality | Annual |
| type of decay | White rot of dead hardwoods |
| range | Transcontinental species; widely distributed in North America from Florida to Alaska; also in Japan and Europe |
| Notes | |
| References | Gilbertson & Ryvarden, 1987; Overholts, 1953 |
