Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Bay Polypore

Facts
Common Name: 
Bay Polypore
Scientific Name: 
Polyporus durus
Also Known As: 
Polyporus badius
Information
Additional Notes: 
Habitat: On dead, decaying wood of deciduous trees, usually large, fallen and very decayed trunks of Fagus in old woodland and once common on fallen trunks of Ulmus spp. Also known on Acer pseudoplatanus, Alnus, Betula, Castanea, Crataegus, Fraxinus, Quercus and Salix spp. Notes: Common in southern England. Occasional but widespread elsewhere. Better known as Polyporus badius. Ref: BC