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Daedalea quercina (L.) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 500 (1801) Agaricus quercinus L., Sp. pl. 2: 1176 (1753)
Habitat: Usually on Quercus spp. and rarely Castanea. Reported on Acer campestre, Aesculus, Betula, Fagus, Fraxinus, Populus and Ulmus spp., but these hosts are unverified. Usually on hard, barely decayed wood.
Notes: Occasional but widespread, and may be locally common in old woodland. Causes a progressive brown rot in heartwood, fruiting after the host dies.
Distribution: E: o, S: o, W: o, NI: !, ROI: !, Other: Channel Islands: o
Vouchers: England: K(M) 105285; Scotland: K(M) 69459; Wales: K(M) 76400; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 76371
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 233
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 304, pl. 383
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 241
D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Abortiporus - Lindtneria, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 1: 1-387 (1993), p. 222
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