Coral Spot

The small orange spots of Coral Spot are very distinctive. It has two stages that produce independent fruit bodies. The first comprises of dense clusters of soft, pinhead-sized pinky-orange spheres, which break through the bark. This is followed by the spheres hardening and turning dark reddish-brown. The spheres measure around 0.4cm across.

Coral Spot can be found throughout the year, but is most noticeable in the autumn and winter, when the leaves have fallen from the trees. It grows on the bark of Beech, Sycamore, Horse Chestnut and Hornbeam. It rarely grows on conifers.

A widespread and common species in Britain.