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Postia stiptica (Pers.) Jülich, 1982 (Bitter Bracket)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Postia stiptica Fruitbody 2 October 1997 Berks England 7

Suggested Literature

Postia stiptica 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Postia stiptica is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Ilex aquifolium - Holly (Aquifoliaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Alnus - alders (Betulaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Alnus - alders (Betulaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Alnus - alders (Betulaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end Rare 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, decayed wood Rare 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, decayed log (large) cut end Rare 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, decayed trunk (large) cut end Rare 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, decayed wood Rare 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, decayed log (large) cut end Rare 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, decayed trunk (large) cut end Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Crataegus - hawthorns (Rosaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare 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, decayed trunk (large) cut end Rare 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, decayed log (large) cut end Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees and shrubs fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinopsida - conifers fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Larix - larches (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Larix - larches (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Larix - larches (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Picea - spruces (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pinus - pines (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Pseudotsuga menziesii - Douglas Fir (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Tsuga - hemlocks (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Tsuga - hemlocks (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Tsuga - hemlocks (Pinaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Taxus baccata - Yew (Taxaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed log (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Taxus baccata - Yew (Taxaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos fruitbody Taxus baccata - Yew (Taxaceae) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) cut end Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Postia stiptica:

hymenium, basidiome (live) live hymenium of basidiome is parasitised by internal basidiome Tremella polyporina - a brain fungus (Tremellales: Tremellaceae) UK/Ireland Roberts, P., 2007

Postia stiptica may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
POLYPORALES
(polypores)
Postia
(a genus of 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
Roberts, P., 2007 British Tremella species IV: Tremella obscura, T. penetrans, T. giraffa & T. polyporina

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