Fruiting body: fan shaped and funnel shaped with outer edge above point of attachment; may be sessile or have a broad or occasionally a narrow attachment to the substrate; projecting up to 100 mm from substrate with a diameter of up to 140 mm; thin, often only 1 - 2 mm thick.

Upper surface: is composed of concentric alternating bands of yellow, orange and brown; when wet it glows orange at the margin, but fades to pale dull browns on drying; may have zones of hairs but often seems to be naked; margin yellow or at least lighter than inner zones, usually wavy.

Lower surface: smooth with neither pores nor gills nor teeth, shows concentric zones; brownish orange when fresh, fading to grey (?).

Flesh: thin and of a tough but elastic consistency, like leather. Not changing colour on bruising.

Chemical reactions: all surfaces red with KOH.

Spore print: very seldom seen; white.

Spores:

Notes:this species is characterised by thin orange and brown fan shaped fruiting body and a smooth lower surface. It grows in troops on wood. A very common species in the neotropics.