Postia stiptica (Pers.) Jülich
(Bitter Bracket)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPostia stiptica (Bitter 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 stiptica (Bitter Bracket) :
1: Postia stiptica (Bitter Bracket)
2 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on broken trunk/branches of Salix ?fragilis
Image 1: Cap surface close upImage 2: LS FruitbodyImage 3: Pore surfaceImage 4: Top viewImage 5: Top view (2)Image 6: UndersideImage 7: Under surface

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Postia stiptica (Bitter Bracket)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 36 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Postia stiptica (Bitter Bracket)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)