Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Polyporaceae
Species: Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Fr.

Synonyms:

Boletus cellulosus Boletus juglandis Boletus rangiferinus Boletus squamosus Boletus testaceus Cerioporus squamosus Grifola platypora Polyporus rostkovii Polyporus rostkowii Polyporus squamosus f. erectus

Common Name:

Dryad's Saddle

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (16) Acer pseudoplatanus (11) Fraxinus excelsior (11) Ulmus (3) Quercus petraea (2) Aesculus hippocastanum (2) Acer (2) Quercus (1) Acer platanoides (1) Sambucus nigra (1) Ulmus glabra (1) Crataegus monogyna (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (10) Woodland: mixed (9) Woodland: broadleaved (5) Woodland: mixed, plantation (5) Woodland (4) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (3) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3) Marsh/marshy grassland (2) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Boundaries, permanently wet ditch (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Tree (26) Stump (11) Dead Wood (6) Wood (6) Fallen Tree (4) Log (3) Branch (2) Standing Dead Tree (2) Fallen log (1) Sawn Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (4) March (5) April (1) May (7) June (8) July (14) August (21) September (17) October (14) November (10) December (3)