I think this might be a name here, except it seems that the accepted name now is Pseudomerulius curtisii and there are some photos of this from Quebec here:

http://mycoquebec.org/... curtisii/ Mérule de Curtis&tag=Pseudomerulius curtisii&gro=6

So, this puts it is a kinda east coast mushroom there…

There is the name P. corrugatus that seems it be in more common use in the midwest, and there is a claim there that these are synonyms. Except that Index Fungorum claims they are not, so I’m not sure there. Other synonyms seem to be Meiorganum curtisii and Tapinella curtisii. And this species seems to be seen in Austalia too… so maybe world wide distribution.

There was a mention of a photo in Bessette’s book, is there you got this id? I wonder how close that is…

Is that a fallen pine log? Is it tough? I wonder if it’s related to Gloeophyllum sepiarium? Could it even just be a rain-washed specimen of the same species?

I just saw ones just like this one. It is obs 9220. The off-white cap, and the branching orange gills. What ever it is, it isn’t that rare I guess…