Dyer's Mazegill - Phaeolus schweinitzii
A large bracket with a yellow edge, initially quite spongy. It hardens in mature specimens, which have a darker central zone
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Roots of pine, spruce and other conifers
sumemr and autumn, may persist through winter
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
12 September 2019
Melinda Bell
Loughborough, Outwoods
15 September 2022
Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
12 September 2019
Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
12 September 2019
Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
12 September 2019
Melinda Bell
Sence Valley Country Park
01 December 2022
15 cm diameter
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Species profile
- Common names
- Dyer's Mazegill
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Polyporales
- Family:
- Fomitopsidaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 19/10/2018 (Turner, Ian)
- Last record:
- 01/12/2022 (Bell, Melinda)
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Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
03 October 2021
Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
03 October 2021
irturner
Charnwood Lodge NR
19 October 2018
Melinda Bell
Loughborough, Outwoods
15 September 2022
