BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Piptoporus betulinus (Bull.) P. Karst., 1881 (Birch Polypore, Razorstrop Fungus)
| Notes (MWS) | A very common parasite on *Betula* throughout the UK. It eventually kills the host and continues to fruit on the standing or fallen trunk. The pith of the fungus is pure white, very tough and finely fibrous. Thin slices were used at one time to cover razor-strops which were used for stropping (straightening the cutting edge of) cut-throat razors after sharpening. Strips of the pith were also used by entomologists for mounting insects under the name of "Polyporus Pith", before the days of Plastazote. |
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
| Taxon | Summary |  |
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Date | Vice-county | Country |
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| Piptoporus betulinus | Fruitbody | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 14 Oct 1999 | Berks | England |
| Piptoporus betulinus | Fruitbody | 5 | 5 | 9 Sep 2001 | Berks | England | ||
| Piptoporus betulinus | Fruitbody | 3 | 3 | 21 Oct 2000 | Berks | England | ||
| Piptoporus betulinus | Fruitbody | 1 | 1 | 9 Oct 1971 | North-east Yorkshire | England | ||
| Piptoporus betulinus | Fruitbody | 1 | 1 | 3 Apr 1970 | South-east Yorkshire | England |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Anderson, R., 2001 (Colour photograph) | Fungi and Beetles - diversity within diversity |
Piptoporus betulinus may also be covered by literature listed under:
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 16 feeding and other relationships of Piptoporus betulinus (Birch Polypore, Razorstrop Fungus)
