Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales	Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Species: Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.) Maire

Synonyms:

Boletus igniarius Boletus pomaceus Boletus pomaceus var. prunastri Boletus tuberculosus Fomes pomaceus Fomes pomaceus var. fulvus Phellinus tuberculosus Polyporus fulvus

Common Name:

Cushion Bracket

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Photographer: © Amelia Williams

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Prunus spinosa (16) Prunus (3) Malus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3) Built up area, domestic (2) Woodland: mixed (2) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees (1) Grassland: neutral, semi-improved, lowland (1) Improved grassland (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Scrub: dense/continuous (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1) Scrub: scattered, neutral (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Tree (9) Dead Wood (6) Standing Dead Branch (2) Wood (2) Dead Attached Branch (1) Fallen Tree (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) February (2) March (5) April (5) May (2) August (2) October (4) November (7)