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Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.) Maire, Fungi Catalaunici: Contributions à l'étude de la Flore Mycologique de la Catalogne: 37 (1932)

Boletus igniarius sensu Bolton [Hist. Fung. Halifax 2: 80 (1788)]
Boletus tuberculosus Baumg., Fl. Lips.: 635 (1790)
Boletus pomaceus Pers., Observ. mycol. (Copenhagen) 2: 5 (1800) [1799]
Boletus pomaceus var. prunastri Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 538 (1801)
Fomes pomaceus (Pers.) Lloyd, Mycol. Writ. 3: 469 (1910)
Fomes pomaceus var. fulvus Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 594 (1922)
Phellinus tuberculosus (Baumg.) Niemelä, Karstenia 22(1): 12 (1982)

Habitat: Weakly parasitic, then saprotrophic. Typically on species of Prunus in gardens, thickets or hedgerows, most often on Prunus spinosa. Rarely on Crataegus monogyna, Malus and Sorbus spp. Reported (with voucher material) on Corylus, Salix cinerea and Syringa vulgaris but the host determinations are suspect.

Notes: Occasional and widespread in England but rarely reported from south-eastern counties or from Scotland or Wales.

Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !, NI: o

Vouchers: England: K(M) 66859; Scotland: K(M) 77444; Wales: K(M) 154873; NI: K(M) 81365

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), as Phellinus tuberculosus, p. 266, pl. 326
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), as Phellinus tuberculosus, p. 329
D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Meripilus - Tyromyces, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 2: 388-743 (1994), p. 507

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