Birch Mazegill - Trametes betulina
A thin, leathery annual bracket, with a pale, zonate upper surface with felted hairs. The fertile surface underneath is pale cream, darkening with age; pores initially rather maze-like but becoming gill-like later; 10 - 15 per cm. at the margins.
Other mazegills.
Photograph upper and lower fertile surface to show pores; note host plant and substrate
Mainly Birch but sometimes on other deciduous trees
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Common and widespread.
Uncommonly recorded.
sue
Ulverscroft, Poultney Wood
10 November 2023
sue
Ulverscroft, Poultney Wood
10 November 2023
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
LFSG visit
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
11 October 2023
LFSG visit
Melinda Bell
Beacon Hill Country park
02 December 2025
stiff maze of slotted gills
Melinda Bell
Beacon Hill Country park
02 December 2025
thin, stiff fruiting bodies
Melinda Bell
Beacon Hill Country park
02 December 2025
Melinda Bell
Beacon Hill Country park
02 December 2025
soft surface hairs
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- Common names
- Birch Mazegill
- Species group:
- Fungi
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 07/08/2023 (Bell, Melinda)
- Last record:
- 02/12/2025 (Bell, Melinda)
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