Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Species: Buglossoporus quercinus (Schrad.) Kotl. & Pouzar
Synonyms: Boletus pulvinus
Boletus quercinus
Buglossoporus pulvinus
Caloporus fuscopellis
Oak Polypore
Piptoporus quercinus
Polyporus cadaverinus
Polyporus quercicola
Polyporus quercinus
Common Name: Oak Polypore


UK Biodiversity Action Plan (2007): UK Priority Species
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Buglossoporus quercinusPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus robur (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (1)