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Polyporus tuberaster (Jacq.) Fr., 1821 (Tuberous Polypore)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Polyporus tuberaster Fruitbody 16 September 2002 West Sussex England 4
Polyporus tuberaster Fruitbody 28 September 1998 Berks England 4

Suggested Literature

Polyporus tuberaster may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
POLYPORALES
(polypores)
POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Polyporus tuberaster is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Betula - birches (Betulaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Corylus - hazels (Betulaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Buxus sempervirens - Box (Buxaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Ulex europaeus - Gorse, Furze, Whin. (Fabaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Fagus - beeches (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Fraxinus - ashes (Oleaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Minor Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Rosa - roses (Rosaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Salix - willows (Salicaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Tilia - limes (Tiliaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen branch Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Polyporus tuberaster:

Polyporus tuberaster may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
POLYPORALES
(polypores)
POLYPORACEAE
(a family of polypores)
Polyporus
(a genus of stipitate bracket fungi)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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