Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales Family: Fistulinaceae
Species: Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With.
Synonyms: Boletus hepaticus
Common Name: Beefsteak Fungus
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Fistulina hepaticaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (10)
Quercus petraea (8)
Quercus robur (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (8)
Stump (4)
Cut Trunk (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
August (3)
September (16)
October (15)
November (1)