Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Stereum subtomentosum Pouzar, Česká Mykol. 18: 147 (1964)

Stereum insignitum sensu Rea (1922)
Stereum ochroleucum subsp. arcticum Fr., Hymenomyc. Eur. (Uppsala): 639 (1874)

Habitat: On fallen wood of deciduous trees, often large logs, fallen trunks and branches, in old woodland. Common on Acer pseudoplatanus and Fagus and not infrequent on Alnus and Salix spp. Also known on Betula spp. and Corylus.

Notes: Common and widespread throughout England and Wales. Once considered a rarity but has spread rapidly in recent years.

Distribution: E: c, W: c, NI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 66929; Wales: K(M) 61068

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 184, pl. 204
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 190

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