Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales Family: Schizoporaceae
Species: Schizopora paradoxa (Schrad.) Donk
Synonyms: Hydnum paradoxum
Hydnum plumosum
Hyphodontia paradoxa
Irpex deformis
Irpex obliquus
Irpex paradoxus
Odontia plumosa
Polyporus vaporarius
Poria mucida
Poria vaporaria
Poria versipora
Schizopora versipora
Sistotrema paradoxum
Xylodon versiporus
Common Name: Split Porecrust
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Schizopora paradoxa

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (6)
Alnus glutinosa (2)
Prunus lusitanica (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Wet ash-wych elm woods: Heavy soil forms (1)
Wet valley alderwoods (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Fallen Branch (4)
Branch (2)
Log (2)
Rotting Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
May (1)
July (1)
August (1)
September (12)
October (4)
November (2)