Oak Mazegill - Daedalea quercina
A perennial bracket with very tough pale brown caps, often zonate; the pores are coarse and thick-walled and either gill-like or maze-like.
Daedaleopsis confragosa, the Blushing Bracket, is annual and thinner, reddening with age, and with narrower maze-gills
Photograph upper and lower fertile surface to show pores; note host plant and substrate
Oak, sometimes Sweet Chestnut
All year
A saprobic fungus
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Stoneywell Wood, Ulverscroft
28 October 2023
AJ Cann
Ulverscroft
07 November 2023
irturner
Charley Woods
07 October 2021
irturner
Charley Woods
07 October 2021
David Nicholls
Stoneywell Wood, Ulverscroft
28 October 2023
Melinda Bell
Ulverscroft,Stoneywell Wood
28 October 2024
Melinda Bell
Ulverscroft,Stoneywell Wood
28 October 2024
irturner
Charley wood
07 October 2021
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Species profile
- Common names
- Oak Mazegill
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Polyporales
- Family:
- Fomitopsidaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 14
- First record:
- 07/10/2021 (Turner, Ian)
- Last record:
- 08/04/2025 (Higgott, Mike)
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irturner
Charley wood
07 October 2021
Melinda Bell
Heather,lane edge
25 February 2025
Mike Higgott
Jubilee Wood, Loughborough
08 April 2025
Hazel Graves
Charley Woods
06 October 2024
