A large, rosette-forming polypore producing thick, overlapping fan- to spoon-shaped caps arising from a single, stout basal point. Upper surface cream to pale ochre, often with concentric zones or faint brownish patches, becoming more ochraceous with age. Texture leathery to corky, especially in older fruitbodies. Undersurface with a white to cream pore layer, pores small and round, bruising slightly darker when handled. Flesh white, fibrous, tough in maturity.

Size: Rosettes typically 150-400 mm across, sometimes larger in old or sheltered sites. Individual caps 50-150 mm wide.