Piptoporus betulinus

Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Piptoporus betulinus (Bull.) P. Karst.

Synonyms:

Boletus betulinus
Boletus suberosus
Polyporus betulinus

Common Name:

Razorstrop Fungus




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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Betula pubescens (55) Betula (54) Betula pendula (51) Corylus avellana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (40) Woodland: mixed (12) Woodland: broadleaved (9) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5) Parkland and scattered trees (5) Woodland: mixed, plantation (4) Built up area, domestic (3) Scrub (3) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Boundaries: defunct hedge (2) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (2) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Woodland (2) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2) Acid grassland: semi-improved (1) Bog (1) Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Mire: upland raised bog, bog vegetation with Sphagnum (1) Neutral grassland (1) Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1) Rowan-birch woods (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Tree (44) Dead Wood (38) Branch (24) Fallen Tree (8) Standing Dead Tree (8) Wood (4) Stem (2) Cut Trunk (1) Dead Branch (1) Fallen Branch (1) Log (1) Soil Grassy (1) Standing Dead Branch (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (5) February (5) March (3) April (13) May (16) June (7) July (12) August (15) September (30) October (71) November (26) December (3)