Summary: Trametopsis cervina produces a pale tan bracket or shelf which is hairy but only faintly zoned if at all, and large, irregular, cinnamon buff to dark brown pores that tend to split to form a tooth-like surface. There are only a few records in the Pacific Northwest This species was segregated from Trametes due to molecular research. The description is derived from Gilbertson(1).
Microscopic: spores 7-9(10) x 2.5-3 microns, cylindric, slightly curved, smooth, inamyloid, colorless; basidia 4-spored, 20-30 x 6-7 microns, clavate, with basal clamp; cystidia absent; hyphae dimitic, generative hyphae of context 2-4 microns wide, "thin-walled, with clamps, rarely branched", skeletal hyphae of context 3-5.5 microns wide, "thick-walled, with rare branching, nonseptate"; hyphae of trama similar
Notes: Trametopsis cervina is known in BC from one collection (Ginns). It has been found in BC, OR, ID, MB, NS, ON, PQ, AL, AR, AZ, CA, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, and WV, (Gilbertson).
Habitat and Range
Habitat
annual, often in large imbricate [shingled] clusters, on dead hardwood, rarely on conifer wood, associated with white rot of dead hardwoods