Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Postia stiptica (Pers.) Jülich

Synonyms:

Bjerkandera colliculosa Boletus albidus Boletus stipticus Leptoporus albidus Leptoporus stipticus Oligoporus stipticus Polyporus albidus Polyporus stipticus Polystictus albidus Tyromyces stipticus

Common Name:

Bitter Bracket

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (3) Picea abies (3) Pinus (2) Salix (2) Pinus sylvestris (2) Salix cinerea (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Tsuga heterophylla (1) Larix (1) Fraxinus excelsior (1) Corylus avellana (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Picea (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (6) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Woodland: mixed (2) Built up area, domestic (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Recently felled woodland: coniferous (1) Scrub (1) Woodland (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Log (5) Dead Wood (3) Branch (2) Fallen log (2) Stump (2) Wood (2) Decorticated Wood (1) Fallen Wood (1) Rotting Wood (1) Standing Dead Tree (1) Tree (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: July (1) August (4) September (4) October (12) November (2)