Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Dacryobolaceae
Species: Postia caesia (Schrad.) P. Karst.

Synonyms:

Bjerkandera ciliatula Boletus caesius Cyanosporus caesius Leptoporus caesius Oligoporus caesius Polyporus alni Polyporus caesiocoloratus Polyporus caesius Tyromyces caesius Ysgwydd Las y Conwydd

Common Name:

Conifer Blueing Bracket

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Picea (7) Larix (5) Picea sitchensis (4) Pinus sylvestris (3) Picea abies (3) Pinopsida (2) Pinaceae (2) Pinus (2) Acanthaceae (2) Larix decidua (2) Fagus sylvatica (1) Coniferophyta (1) Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (1) Tsuga heterophylla (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (7) Woodland: mixed (7) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (6) Woodland (3) Woodland: coniferous (3) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (3) Bog: raised (2) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Recently felled woodland: coniferous (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Log (13) Wood (8) Fallen Tree (4) Fallen log (3) Dead Sapling (2) Tree (2) Branch (1) Dead Branch (1) Dead coniferous wood (1) Dead Wood (1) Fallen Branch (1) Rotting Wood (1) Sawn Wood (1) Soil Mossy (1) Stump (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) June (1) July (2) August (11) September (16) October (18) November (5) December (1)