Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Stereales Family: Stereaceae
Species: Stereum gausapatum (Fr.) Fr.
Synonyms: Stereum cristulatum
Stereum quercinum
Stereum spadiceum
Thelephora gausapata
Thelephora spadicea
Common Name: Bleeding Oak Crust
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Stereum gausapatum

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (14)
Quercus petraea (9)
Quercus robur (9)
Betula pubescens (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Woodland: mixed (4)
Woodland (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: coniferous (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Bog (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (1)
Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Fallen Branch (10)
Stump (6)
Branch (2)
Dead Attached Branch (2)
Sawn Wood (2)
Standing Dead Branch (2)
Tree (2)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (6)
March (1)
August (3)
September (12)
October (13)
November (8)
December (6)