Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat.
Synonyms: Daedalea epigaea
Daedalea fusca
Daedalea maxima
Daedalea spadicea
Daedalea suberosa
Hydnum spadiceum
Phaeolus spadiceus
Polyporus herbergii
Polyporus holophaeus
Polyporus schumacheri
Polyporus schweinitzii
Polyporus spongia
Sistotrema ferrugineum
Sistotrema lusitanicum
Common Name: Dyer's Mazegill


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
This photograph shows a specimen that is in a very active growth phase. Normally it is much browner in colour.
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Phaeolus schweinitziiPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Picea sitchensis (4)
Picea (3)
Pinus sylvestris (2)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (2)
Picea abies (1)
Pinaceae (1)
Pinus contorta (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (4)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4)
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Bog: raised (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Tree (6)
Soil Grassy (3)
Stump (3)
Root (2)
Soil (2)
Buried Wood (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Soil Needle (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
February (1)
April (1)
May (1)
July (3)
August (7)
September (6)
October (4)
November (2)
December (2)