Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill, Annls mycol. 18(1/3): 51 (1920) Boletus coriaceus Huds., Fl. Angl. Edn 2 2: 625 (1778) Boletus citrinus J.J. Planer, Ind. Pl. erfurt.: 26 (1788) Boletus sulphureus Bull., Herb. Fr. (Paris) 9: tab. 429 (1789) Boletus ramosus Bull., Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 9: 349 (1791) Polyporus ramosus Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 645 (1821) Polyporus sulphureus (Bull.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 357 (1821) Ptychogaster aurantiacus Pat., Revue mycol. Toulouse 7: 28 (1885) Ceriomyces aurantiacus (Pat.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 6: 386 (1888) Polyporus sulphureus var. albolabyrinthiporus Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 581 (1922) Grifola sulphurea (Bull.) Pilát, Beih. Botan. Centralbl. Abt. B 56: 39 (1935)
Habitat: Parasitic then saprotrophic. Most frequent on Quercus spp., usually on old trees in woodland or parkland, but known on many other deciduous trees. Also frequent on Taxus. Rarely reported on other conifers such as Larix, Pinus and Pseudotsuga spp. Fruiting from early summer to autumn.
Notes: Common and widespread. Polyporus ramosus was applied to monstrous, etiolated and branched forms growing in cellars or mines.
Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: c
Vouchers: England: K(M) 64521; Scotland: K(M) 73640; Wales: K(M) 73593; NI: K(M) 78709; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 73598
Descriptions, Lists & Icons: D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 222-223 D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 316, pl. 400 D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 233 D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Abortiporus - Lindtneria, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 1: 1-387 (1993), p. 373
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