Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales	Family: Stereaceae
Species: Stereum gausapatum (Fr.) Fr.

Synonyms:

Haematostereum gausapatum Stereum cristulatum Stereum hirsutum var. cristulatum Stereum quercinum Stereum spadiceum Thelephora gausapata Thelephora spadicea

Common Name:

Bleeding Oak Crust

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On Oak

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus petraea (11) Quercus (9) Quercus robur (9) Betula pubescens (2)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Parkland and scattered trees (4) Woodland (3) Woodland: mixed (3) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation (2) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2) Bog (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (1) Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Branch (10) Stump (6) Wood (3) Dead Attached Branch (2) Sawn Wood (2) Standing Dead Branch (2) Tree (2) Dead Branch (1) Dead Wood (1) Fallen Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) February (6) March (7) August (2) September (11) October (10) November (7) December (5)