Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Polyporaceae
Species: Ganoderma adspersum (Schulzer) Donk

Synonyms:

Bulging Bracket Ganoderma australe Ganoderma europaeum Polyporus adspersus

Common Name:

Bulging Bracket

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (118) Quercus (12) Quercus petraea (7) Quercus robur (6) Fraxinus excelsior (4) Betula (3) Acer (2) Ulmus glabra (2) Betula pubescens (2) Griselinia littoralis (1) Rhododendron (1) Quercus ilex (1) Ulmus (1) Pseudotsuga menziesii (1) Fraxinus (1) Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea (1) Crataegus monogyna (1) Corylus avellana (1) Alnus glutinosa (1) Aesculus hippocastanum (1) Nothofagus (1) Prunus avium (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (32) Woodland: mixed (18) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (13) Parkland and scattered trees (12) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (9) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (8) Woodland (8) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (7) Woodland: mixed, plantation (6) Woodland: broadleaved (5) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (5) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (3) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (3) Built up area, domestic (2) Woodland: plantation (2) Acid sessile oak-hazel-ash woods (1) Bog (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1) Boundaries: intact hedge (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Tree (85) Stump (35) Wood (11) Fallen Tree (9) Standing Dead Tree (7) Soil (3) Log (2) Branch (1) Dead Branch (1) Dead Wood (1) Tree base (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (7) February (7) March (8) April (2) May (13) June (7) July (13) August (33) September (40) October (67) November (21) December (12)