Substrate: Douglas-fir

Spores: Spring and early summer

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Fruiting body: 1-2.5 cm broad, roundish but usually more or less flattened or slightly lobed, typically with a prominent depression or cavity at the top; firm but not hard, without a mycelial tuft at base. Exterior smooth to roughened or finely warted, pale ochre-buff to orange-cinnamon to brick-red or reddish-brown. Interior: composed of empty, unconnected, broad or narrow canals, many of which empty into the depression; white to pale gray, even at maturity.

Sources: Arora, David. Mushrooms Demystified. Berkeley, Ten Speed Press, 1986.