Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Polyporaceae
Species: Datronia mollis (Sommerf.) Donk
Synonyms: Antrodia mollis
Cerioporus mollis
Daedalea lassbergii
Daedalea mollis
Polyporus sommerfeldtii
Polyporus sommerfeltii
Trametes mollis
Common Name: Common Mazegill


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Datronia mollisPhotographer: © Debbie Nelson
Photographer: © Debbie Nelson

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (25)
Quercus (2)
Quercus petraea (2)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (2)
Fraxinus excelsior (2)
Betula (2)
Alnus glutinosa (2)
Ulmus glabra (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Larix decidua (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Alnus (1)
Aesculus hippocastanum (1)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Salix (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (12)
Woodland: mixed (9)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (8)
Woodland and scrub (7)
Parkland and scattered trees (5)
Woodland (5)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (4)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (4)
Built up area, domestic (3)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (2)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Calcareous grassland: unimproved (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, under planted (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (15)
Dead Wood (8)
Fallen Tree (7)
Wood (7)
Log (6)
Stump (5)
Dead Branch (4)
Fallen log (2)
Fallen Wood (2)
Fallen Twig (1)
Leaf Litter (1)
Twig (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
February (5)
March (6)
April (3)
May (5)
June (2)
July (4)
August (5)
September (19)
October (24)
November (8)
December (2)