Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Postia ptychogaster (F. Ludw.) Vesterh.
Synonyms: Ceriomyces albus
Ceriomyces richonii
Oligoporus ptychogaster
Oligoporus ustilaginoides
Polyporus destructor
Polyporus ptychogaster
Ptychogaster albus
Ptychogaster flavescens
Ptychogaster fuliginoides
Trichoderma fuliginoides
Tyromyces ptychogaster
Common Name:


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Postia ptychogasterPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Larix (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Log (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (1)