Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Hericiales Family: Bondarzewiaceae
Species: Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref.
Synonyms: Fomes annosus
Fomitopsis annosa
Polyporus annosus
Polyporus scoticus
Polyporus scoticus f. subterranea
Polyporus subpileatus
Common Name: Root Rot
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Heterobasidion annosum

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Picea sitchensis (11)
Pinus sylvestris (5)
Pinus (4)
Picea abies (3)
Betula (2)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Larix decidua (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (7)
Woodland: mixed (5)
Woodland (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (4)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (3)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (15)
Stump (10)
Fallen Tree (3)
Fallen Branch (2)
Root (2)
Soil (2)
Soil Needle (2)
Wood (2)
Soil bare (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (1)
April (2)
May (1)
June (2)
July (3)
August (11)
September (21)
October (19)
November (4)
December (2)