Bay Polypore - Polyporus badius

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Alternative names
Polyporus durus
Picipes badius
Description

A large polypore with thin, shiny, chestnut brown caps and dark stems, often attached off-centre.  The pores on the white fertile surface underneath are very small, 4 - 7 per mm.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph from top down, in side view and underneath to show pores and full length of stem; note host plant and substrate

Habitat

On dead, decaying wood of deciduous trees,

When to see it

Autumn

VC55 Status

Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.

  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    18 September 2008
    det. R Iliffe
  • David Nicholls
    White Moor Wood, Shenton
    25 October 2018
    det. T Hering
  • Graham Calow
    Leicester Road Quarry Sapcote
    18 September 2008
    det. R Iliffe
  • Lostash
    Attenborough Arboretum
    12 September 2010
  • granniejo
    Billesdon Woodland Pool
    01 September 2021
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    30 September 2012
    pores on underside
  • mttnx
    Great Merrible Wood
    09 September 2021
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    30 September 2012
  • Groby John
    Mountsorrel Heritage Centre, Spinney Trail
    26 October 2023
  • Melinda Bell
    Worthington,Cloud Wood
    23 October 2023

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Species profile

Common names
Bay Polypore
Species group:
fungus
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
21
First record:
18/09/2008 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
30/12/2025 (Hunt, Graham)

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  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    30 September 2012
  • David Nicholls
    Willesley Woods
    07 October 2012
  • Melinda Bell
    Worthington,Cloud Wood
    23 October 2023
  • Graham Fisher
    Beacon Hill Country Park
    13 October 2019