Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales Family: Bulgariaceae
Species: Bulgaria inquinans Pers.
Synonyms: Bulgaria polymorpha
Phaeobulgaria inquinans
Tremella turbinata
Common Name: Black Bulgar
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Bulgaria inquinansPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

Photographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (30)
Quercus petraea (8)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (10)
Woodland: mixed (7)
Woodland: broadleaved (4)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Woodland (2)
Bog (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Fallen Branch (7)
Dead Wood (6)
Fallen Tree (4)
Branch (3)
Rotting Wood (2)
Tree (2)
Bark (1)
Log (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (1)
April (1)
May (3)
June (2)
August (1)
September (8)
October (19)
November (5)
December (2)