Yellow-red gill polypore  - Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Location/Trail:  Bear Canyon Lake, PaysonDate sighted:  8/02/2008Season:  FallA strange pale yellow-orange blob that looks like a cross between the blob and a creamsicle. It develops into a swirl of orange, red, brown, tan and cream shapes.

Occurrence on wood substrate: Saprobic; solitary or grouped
or in rosette-like clusters most often on dead conifer wood; June
through November, overwinters.

Dimensions: Caps 2.5-10 cm wide.