Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Postia tephroleuca (Fr.) Jülich
Synonyms: Bjerkandera melina
Boletus tephroleucus
Leptoporus lacteus
Oligoporus tephroleucus
Polyporus lacteus
Polyporus linearisporus
Polyporus tephroleucus
Postia lactea
Tyromyces lacteus
Tyromyces tephroleucus
Common Name: Greyling Bracket


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Postia tephroleuca

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Salix (1)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Wood (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
September (2)