Edibility:Good
Eating notes: Widely used in oriental cooking.
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Cap: 4-12cm Variable colour (dull greys, browns or blues). Convex at first later flattening. Sometime wavy, lobed, or splitting at the edges.
Gills: Heavily decurrent. White.
Stem: off-centre, lateral or absent.
Spores: Pale lilac
Flesh: White, not changing.
Habitat: In clusters on the stumps and trunks of deciduous trees
Frequency: Common
Aspects of the law which impact on wild mushroom collection.
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