Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Postia stiptica (Pers.) Jülich
Synonyms: Bjerkandera colliculosa
Boletus stipticus
Leptoporus albidus
Leptoporus stipticus
Oligoporus stipticus
Polyporus albidus
Polyporus stipticus
Polystictus albidus
Tyromyces stipticus
Common Name: Bitter Bracket
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Postia stipticaPhotographer: © David Morgan Thomas
Photographer: © David Morgan Thomas

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Picea abies (2)
Salix (2)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Salix cinerea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Recently felled woodland: coniferous (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dead Wood (3)
Decorticated Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen log (1)
Rotting Wood (1)
Standing Dead Tree (1)
Stump (1)
Tree (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (1)
September (1)
October (7)
November (2)