Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Postia leucomallella (Murrill) Jülich
Synonyms: Leptoporus fragilis
Oligoporus fragilis
Oligoporus leucomallellus
Polyporus fragilis
Postia fragilis
Tyromyces fragilis
Tyromyces gloeocystidiatus
Tyromyces leucomallellus
Common Name:
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Postia leucomallella

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Fallen Branch (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (1)