Postia ptychogaster (F. Ludw.) Vesterh.
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPostia ptychogaster (Powderpuff Bracket)
GenusPostia (a genus of bracket fungi)
FamilyFOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Postia ptychogaster (Powderpuff Bracket) :
1: Postia ptychogaster (Powderpuff Bracket)
4 Nov 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
6 fruitbodies, just above ground, on cut pine log
Image 1: FruitbodiesImage 2: FruitbodyImage 3: Fruitbody (2)Image 4: Fruitbody - LS - black backgroundImage 5: Fruitbody - LS - pale backgroundImage 6: Fruitbody - undersideImage 7: Fruitbody - LS - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Fruitbody - LS - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 9: Chlamydospores - magnifiedImage 10: Chlamydospores - magnified (2)Image 11: Chlamydospores - magnified (3)Image 12: Chlamydospores - highly magnifiedImage 13: Chlamydospores - highly magnified (2)Image 14: Chlamydospores - highly magnified (3)Image 15: Clamp connection - highly magnified
2: Postia ptychogaster (Powderpuff Bracket)
5 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on cut conifer wood
Image 1: FruitbodyImage 2: Fruitbody - close-upImage 3: Fruitbody - close-up (2)Image 4: Fruitbody - LSImage 5: Fruitbody - LS - close-up

Postia ptychogaster (Powderpuff Bracket) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Postia ptychogaster (Powderpuff Bracket)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 26 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Postia ptychogaster (Powderpuff Bracket)

An unusual bracket fungus which produces a roundish, furry mass containing pale brown chlamydospores. The thin, pure white backets of the sexual stage sometimes grow beneath or nearby. It rots a wide variety of coniferous logs.

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