Pycnoporus cinnabarinus - Cinnabar polypore has a hat, which is usually flattened, semicircular, sometimes resembling a kidney. Width up to 12 cm, thickness can reach 5 cm. The color of the upper side of the hat is most often bright, orange-vermilion, salmon red, then brick red, red. The mushroom is an annual mushroom, sometimes there are 2-year cases.

It has tubes up to 8 mm long, the color of a hat, ingrown into the flesh of the mushroom. The pores are round red in color. The flesh is quite soft, it hardens with age, resembling a natural cork. It is vermilion-red, yellow-orange in color. It has no distinct smell or taste. It looks a bit like red salmon meat. |

Occurrence. He's not a very popular visitor in the woods. Most often it can be found on birch and other deciduous trees, usually on fallen branches. Sometimes seen on fir branches. It appears in summer and grows until autumn. Usage: inedible in Europe and the Americas. Apparently, it is eaten in Nepal and Hong Kong. It has bactericidal properties.