Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Serpulaceae
Species: Serpula lacrymans (Wulfen) J. Schröt.
Synonyms: Boletus lacrymans
Boletus obliquus
Merulius destruens
Merulius domesticus
Merulius giganteus
Merulius guillemonti
Merulius guillemotii
Merulius lacrymans
Merulius lacrymans var. guillemotii
Merulius lacrymans var. minor
Merulius lacrymans var. terrestris
Merulius minor
Merulius terrestris
Merulius vastator
Serpula destruens
Sistotrema cellare
Common Name:


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Serpula lacrymansPhotographer: © Stig Holm
Photographer: © Stig Holm

Photographer: © Stig Holm
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Artifical rock exposure and waste: refuse tip (1)
Woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Sawn Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
September (1)
November (1)