Description:
bracket with a lacquer on the cap.
Habitat:
on the base of old oak stumps
Additional Notes:
"Habitat: Parasitic, then saprotrophic. Usually on trunks or stumps of Fagus in woodland or parkland. Rarely reported on Quercus spp., but known on planted Q. coccinea.
Notes: Occasional but widespread in England (Bedfordshire, Berkshire, East Gloucestershire, East & West Kent, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, North & South Hampshire, North Wiltshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex and Yorkshire); also known from Scotland (Dumfrieshire)." Ref:The BC
