Blueing Bracket - Postia subcaesia
Alternative names
Cyanosporus subcaesius
Tyromyces subcaesius
Tyromyces subcaesius
Description
This fungus produces small semicircular brackets, up to 6cm wide. They are whitish but develop blue rings as they age.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
It is found on dead logs of deciduous trees
When to see it
Autumn
UK Status
Fairly frequent in England occasional elsewhere.
VC55 Status
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Western Park
12 January 2006
David Nicholls
Burbage Common
22 October 2005
Lostash
Swithland Woods
19 September 2015
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Species profile
- Common names
- Blueing Bracket
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Polyporales
- Family:
- Fomitopsidaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 22/10/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 06/11/2022 (Bell, Melinda)
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Barbara Cooper
Clawson Hill
30 September 2012
pores on underside
David Nicholls
Launde Fish Ponds
22 September 2012
Barbara Cooper
Clawson Hill
30 September 2012
