Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Species: Fuscoporia ferruginosa (Schrad.) Murrill
Synonyms: Boletus ferruginosus
Fomes ferruginosus
Phellinus ferruginosus
Polyporus ferruginosus
Polyporus umbrinus
Poria ferruginosa
Poria umbrina
Common Name: Rusty Porecrust


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Fuscoporia ferruginosaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

Photographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Quercus (2)
Corylus avellana (1)
Salix (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (2)
Woodland and scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: mixed (2)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (4)
Wood (2)
Dead Wood (1)
Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
September (2)
October (6)
November (1)