Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Polyporaceae
Species: Datronia mollis (Sommerf.) Donk
Synonyms: Antrodia mollis
Daedalea mollis
Polyporus sommerfeldtii
Trametes mollis
Common Name: Common Mazegill
Click on the dots to get a species list for the 10km square that it represents and see a map of that square. These maps are hosted on the Flora of Northern Ireland website, also part of the CEDaR network, with permission of Ordnance Survey NI. View the copyright statement here.

View this data on the NBN Gateway What does this mean?

This distribution map was produced using DMap
Datronia mollisPhotographer: © Debbie Nelson
Photographer: © Debbie Nelson

Photographer: © Debbie Nelson
Have you a photograph, digital or otherwise that you would like to provide for this page? If so, please e-mail David Mitchel at the address given on the home page. Or you could try a Polish website that is a directory of images of fungi on the web. Click here
View this species in its UK context on the BMS Database
Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (17)
Betula (4)
Alnus glutinosa (2)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (2)
Quercus petraea (2)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Salix (1)
Ulmus glabra (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (12)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (8)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (8)
Woodland (6)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: coniferous (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, under planted (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Fallen Branch (11)
Dead Wood (6)
Fallen Tree (6)
Branch (5)
Stump (5)
Dead Branch (3)
Fallen log (2)
Fallen Twig (1)
Log (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (4)
February (5)
March (3)
April (2)
May (5)
June (2)
July (2)
August (1)
September (16)
October (16)
November (9)
December (1)