Tiger's eye or Shiny cinnamon polypore

Cap 1-5 cm across, thin, leathery, flat and spread out with a slightly sunken center, convex when young. Surface matte and dry, with fine felty fibers. Clearly zoned, concentrically banded — alternating yellow-orange, ochre, rusty-brown and dark brown bands. The base color is ochre-brown to rusty-chestnut, with a contrasting banded pattern. The margin is even, wavy in mature specimens.

Cap 1-4 cm across, thin, leathery, flat and spread out with a slightly sunken center. Surface matte and dry, with fine felty fibers. Clearly zoned, concentrically banded, dominated by dark cinnamon, chestnut and ochre-brown zones. The base color is cinnamon-chestnut to dark brown, richer in the center. The margin is even, wavy in mature specimens.

Pored hymenophore: fine, small pores on the underside of the cap (~3-5 pores/mm). Color brownish-ochre to rusty. NOT gills, NOT spines, but polypore pores. Spore print brown to rusty-brown.

Pored hymenophore: fine, small pores on the underside of the cap (~3-5 pores/mm). Color brownish-ochre to cinnamon. Spore print brown.

Stem 1-3 cm tall, 0.3-0.8 cm thick, thin, cylindrical, thickening toward the base. Color rusty-brown to dark brown, with felty down. Surface dry and matte.

Stem 1-3 cm tall, 0.3-0.7 cm thick, thin, cylindrical. Color dark cinnamon to blackish-brown, with fine felty down. Surface dry and matte.

Flesh very thin, leathery, tough, brownish-ochre, cardboard-like. Not fit for cooking. Smell faint, neutral, nothing special.

Flesh very thin, leathery, tough, brownish-ochre, cardboard-like. Not fit for cooking. Smell faint, neutral.

Faint, neutral, nothing distinctive.

Faint, neutral, nothing distinctive.