Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Meruliaceae
Species: Phlebia radiata Fr.
Synonyms: Auricularia aurantiaca
Irpex carneus
Merulius merismoides
Phlebia aurantiaca
Phlebia aurantiaca var. radiata
Phlebia contorta
Phlebia merismoides
Phlebia radiata f. contorta
Common Name: Wrinkled Crust
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Phlebia radiataPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Betula pubescens (4)
Fagus sylvatica (4)
Quercus petraea (4)
Acer pseudoplatanus (3)
Betula (2)
Quercus (2)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Woodland (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Woodland: coniferous (2)
Bog (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Mire: lowland raised bog, bare peat (1)
Mire: upland raised bog, bog vegetation with Sphagnum (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Rowan-birch woods (1)
Scrub (1)
Wet valley alderwoods (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Fallen Branch (6)
Branch (2)
Fallen Tree (2)
Log (2)
Soil (2)
Standing Dead Tree (2)
Twig (2)
Dead Branch (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Moss (1)
Tree (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
February (2)
September (3)
October (11)
November (17)
December (3)