Inonotus radiatus

Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales	Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Species: Inonotus radiatus (Sowerby) P. Karst.

Synonyms:

Boletus radiatus
Fomes variegatus
Polyporus radiatus
Polystictus radiatus

Common Name:

Alder Bracket




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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Alnus glutinosa (62) Acer pseudoplatanus (2) Salix cinerea (2) Betula pubescens (1) Pinus sylvestris (1) Quercus robur (1) Salix (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (16) Woodland: broadleaved (7) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (6) Woodland: mixed (5) Parkland and scattered trees (4) Woodland (4) Built up area, domestic (3) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Scrub (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation (2) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Coastland: intertidal, boulders/rocks, brown algal beds (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (1) Grassland: marshy, lowland (1) Grassland: marshy, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1) Scrub: scattered, acidic (1) Scrub: scattered, neutral (1) Sump alderwoods (1) Valley alderwoods on mineral soils (1) Valley alderwoods on neutral-alkaline soils (1) Wet valley alderwoods (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Dead Wood (24) Tree (16) Standing Dead Tree (13) Branch (5) Stump (3) Fallen Tree (2) Log (2) Twig (2) Wood (2) Cut Trunk (1) Dead Branch (1) Standing Dead Branch (1)
Months recorded in & number of records: January (8) February (5) March (2) April (11) May (4) June (5) July (10) August (6) September (4) October (24) November (12) December (3)