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Bay Polypore - Polyporus badius
Pallid grey-brown at first, then chestnut, darker at the centre, very thin. Often lob-sided and lobed. Shiny and leathery, white beneath. Stem 20 to 35 x 5 to 15mm, often black at base. The pores on the underside are barely visible to the naked eye.
On dead, decaying wood of deciduous trees, usually large, fallen and very decayed trunks
Autumn
Common in southern England. Occasional but widespread elsewhere in Britain.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bay Polypore
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Polyporales
- Family:
- Polyporaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 17
- First record:
- 18/09/2008 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 26/10/2023 (Alton, John)
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