Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales Family: Schizoporaceae
Species: Schizopora paradoxa (Schrad.) Donk
Synonyms: Hydnum obliquum
Hydnum paradoxum
Hyphodontia paradoxa
Irpex deformis
Irpex obliquus
Irpex paradoxus
Polyporus laciniatus
Polyporus vaporarius
Polyporus versiporus
Poria mucida
Poria versipora
Schizopora versipora
Sistotrema paradoxum
Xylodon versiporus
Common Name: Split Porecrust


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Schizopora paradoxa

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (7)
Quercus (6)
Alnus glutinosa (3)
Quercus petraea (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Alnus (1)
Prunus lusitanica (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (7)
Woodland (4)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2)
Bog: raised (1)
Calcareous grassland (1)
Marginal/inundation: marginal (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Wet ash-wych elm woods: Heavy soil forms (1)
Wet valley alderwoods (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Log (10)
Branch (6)
Wood (4)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Fallen Wood (1)
Rotting Wood (1)
Soil (1)
Very rotten stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (4)
March (5)
May (2)
July (3)
August (2)
September (11)
October (18)
November (1)