Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales	Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Postia subcaesia (A. David) Jülich

Synonyms:

Oligoporus subcaesius Tyromyces subcaesius

Common Name:

Blueing Bracket

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Photographer: © Mark Wright

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus (6) Fagus sylvatica (6) Salix caprea (3) Quercus petraea (3) Corylus avellana (3) Pinaceae (3) Salix (3) Ulmus glabra (2) Populus (1) Prunus laurocerasus (1) Fraxinus excelsior (1) Alnus incana (1) Salix cinerea (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (11) Woodland (5) Woodland and scrub (5) Parkland and scattered trees (3) Woodland: mixed (3) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1) Scrub (1) Valley alderwoods on mineral soils (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Dead Wood (9) Wood (9) Log (8) Branch (5) Dead Branch (3) Fallen Tree (2) Tree (2) Dead Twig (1) Decorticated Wood (1) Fallen Branch (1) Fallen Twig (1) Fallen Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (1) February (2) March (1) May (1) June (1) July (2) August (8) September (8) October (16) November (10) December (2)