Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Fomitopsis betulina (Bull.) B.K. Cui, M.L. Han & Y.C. Dai
Synonyms: Boletus betulinus
Boletus suberosus
Piptoporus betulinus
Polyporus betulinus
Common Name: Birch Polypore


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Fomitopsis betulinaPhotographer: © Roy Anderson
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Betula (77)
Betula pubescens (62)
Betula pendula (60)
Corylus avellana (1)
Pinus (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (40)
Woodland and scrub (28)
Woodland (14)
Woodland: mixed (13)
Woodland: broadleaved (8)
Parkland and scattered trees (5)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (5)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (4)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (2)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (2)
Marsh/marshy grassland (2)
Scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Bog (1)
Bog: raised (1)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1)
Cynosurus cristatus-Centaurea nigra grassland (1)
Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Mire: upland raised bog, bog vegetation with Sphagnum (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1)
Rowan-birch woods (1)
Wet dwarf shrub heath (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (69)
Dead Wood (39)
Wood (35)
Standing Dead Tree (22)
Fallen Tree (11)
Dead Branch (2)
Stem (2)
Branch (1)
Cut Trunk (1)
Fallen log (1)
Log (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Standing Dead Branch (1)
Trunk, dead (1)
Trunk, fallen (1)
Trunk, live (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (11)
February (6)
March (4)
April (12)
May (22)
June (8)
July (16)
August (30)
September (47)
October (86)
November (28)
December (4)