Oak Bracket - Inonotus dryadeus
Description
The most distinctive thing about this bracket is that when young and fresh it 'weeps' an amber like liquid.
Habitat
On Oak.
When to see it
Persists all year.
Life History
Grows on Oak.
UK Status
Widespread in England.
VC55 Status
Not very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Oak Bracket
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Hymenochaetales
- Family:
- Hymenochaetaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 10
- First record:
- 29/07/2011 (Stretton, Denise)
- Last record:
- 07/11/2024 (Timms, Sue)
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