Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Species: Inonotus dryadeus (Pers.) Murrill
Synonyms: Boletus dryadeus
Polyporus dryadeus
Common Name: Oak Bracket
Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Inonotus dryadeusPhotographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus petraea (18)
Quercus (8)
Quercus robur (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (11)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (5)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (2)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Acid sessile oak-hazel-ash woods (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (18)
Stem (3)
Wood (2)
Dead Wood (1)
Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
March (2)
April (1)
July (2)
August (9)
September (11)
October (8)
November (1)
December (1)