Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Postia subcaesia (A. David) Jülich
Synonyms: Oligoporus subcaesius
Tyromyces subcaesius
Common Name: Blueing Bracket
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Postia subcaesiaPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

Photographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (6)
Corylus avellana (3)
Fagus sylvatica (3)
Salix caprea (3)
Betula (2)
Quercus petraea (2)
Ulmus glabra (2)
Alnus incana (1)
Populus (1)
Salix cinerea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (11)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Woodland (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Scrub (1)
Valley alderwoods on mineral soils (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Dead Wood (7)
Branch (6)
Fallen Branch (5)
Tree (3)
Fallen Tree (2)
Log (2)
Dead Branch (1)
Dead Twig (1)
Decorticated Wood (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (2)
May (1)
July (1)
August (3)
September (4)
October (15)
November (8)
December (2)