Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Coniophoraceae
Species: Serpula lacrymans (Wulfen) J. Schröt.
Synonyms: Boletus lacrymans
Boletus obliquus
Merulius destruens
Merulius domesticus
Merulius giganteus
Merulius guillemonti
Merulius lacrymans
Merulius vastator
Serpula destruens
Sistotrema cellare
Common Name: Dry Rot
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Serpula lacrymansPhotographer: © Stig Holm
Photographer: © Stig Holm

Photographer: © Stig Holm Photographer: © Stig Holm
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Artifical rock exposure and waste: refuse tip (1)
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Sawn Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
September (1)
November (1)