Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Meruliaceae
Species: Phlebia radiata Fr.
Synonyms: Auricularia aurantiaca
Irpex carneus
Merulius merismoides
Phlebia aurantiaca
Phlebia aurantiaca var. radiata
Phlebia contorta
Phlebia merismoides
Phlebia radiata forma contorta
Sistotrema carnea
Sistotrema carneum
Common Name: Wrinkled Crust


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Phlebia radiataPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (8)
Betula pubescens (4)
Acer pseudoplatanus (4)
Quercus (4)
Quercus petraea (4)
Fraxinus excelsior (2)
Betula (2)
Corylus avellana (2)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (5)
Woodland: mixed (5)
Parkland and scattered trees (4)
Woodland and scrub (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Woodland (2)
Bog (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Mire: lowland raised bog, bare peat (1)
Mire: upland raised bog, bog vegetation with Sphagnum (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Rowan-birch woods (1)
Scrub (1)
Wet valley alderwoods (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (8)
Wood (5)
Dead Wood (4)
Log (4)
Fallen Branch (2)
Fallen Tree (2)
Fallen Wood (2)
Soil (2)
Standing Dead Tree (2)
Twig (2)
Dead Branch (1)
Decorticated Wood (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Moss (1)
Tree (1)
Trunk, fallen (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
February (2)
March (2)
June (1)
August (1)
September (6)
October (20)
November (13)
December (7)