Summary:
Features include 1) growth on wood of conifers and hardwoods, 2) relatively thick fruitbodies with a smooth to somewhat warted surface that is minutely powdery, the margin abrupt, 3) spores that are 6-7.5 x 5.5-6.5 microns with a prominent oblique apiculus, pale yellow, amyloid, with warts often joined by fine lines, 4) dichophyses that are golden yellow to yellowish brown, bearing 1-2 clusters of short dichotomous branches with acute apices, and 5) hyphae with clamp connections.

Microscopic:
SPORES 5-7 x 5-6 microns, round or nearly round, with prominent, oblique apiculus, pale yellow, episporium about 0.5 microns thick, "surrounded by a continuous or interrupted amyloid exosporium which may be smooth or organized into warts", warts up to 1 micron high, "often joined by fine lines into a semi-reticulate pattern"; fruitbody with several strata, filled with dichophyses and crystalline material; BASIDIA 4-spored, up to 62 microns long, sterigmata straight or slightly curved, about 5 microns long; dichophyses "golden yellow to yellowish brown, bearing 1-2 clusters of short dichotomous branches with acute apices", terminal branches may be dendrophysoid; hyphae about 2-4 microns wide, colorless to slightly tinted, thin-walled, with clamp connections, (Welden), SPORES 6-7.5 x 5.5-6.5 microns, (Castellano)

Notes:
Dichostereum pallescens has been found in BC, WA, OR, ON, AL, AZ, CA, DC, FL, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, NC, NH, NY, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI, (Ginns), and also Grenada (Welden).