Cushion Bracket - Phellinus pomaceus
A medium sized perennial hoof-shaped to reflexed bracket, pale brown in colour with a rounded margin. 4 - 6 small pores per mm, and short bristles on the fertile surface.
Photograph upper and lower fertile surface to show pores; note host plant and substrate
Almost always on Prunus species - plum, damson, blackthorn, cherry plum - oocasionally on other species such as hawthorn
Widespread in England and Wales, more scattered further north.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Groby John
Groby, Lady Hay Wood
08 April 2024
on Prunus
Groby John
Groby, Lady Hay Wood
08 April 2024
Melinda Bell
Willesley Wood
26 November 2024
resupinate, hard fruiting bodies
Melinda Bell
Willesley Wood
26 November 2024
failed to find spores
Melinda Bell
Willesley Wood
26 November 2024
rounded fruiting bodies
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Species profile
- Common names
- Cushion Bracket
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Hymenochaetales
- Family:
- Hymenochaetaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 13
- First record:
- 28/09/2020 (lemmon, roy)
- Last record:
- 10/01/2026 (Nicholls, David)
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