Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat., Essai Tax. Hyménomyc. (Lons-le-Saunier): 86 (1900)

Hydnum spadiceum Pers., Icon. Desc. Fung. Min. Cognit. (Leipzig) 2: 34 (1800)
Polyporus schweinitzii Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 351 (1821)
Polyporus herbergii Rostk., in Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. III (Pilze) [7]: 35 (1848)
Polyporus spongia Fr., Monogr. Hymenomyc. Suec. (Upsaliae) 2(2): 268 (1863)
Phaeolus spadiceus (Pers.) Rauschert, Haussknechtia 4: 54 (1988)

Habitat: Parasitic then saprotrophic. Usually on roots of living conifers. Most frequently on Pinus sylvestris but also known on Cedrus, Larix, Picea spp., Pinus nigra, P. contorta, Pseudotsuga, Sequoia, Taxus and Sequoiadendron spp. Rarely reported on deciduous hosts but known on Betula, Fagus, Malus baccata × pumila, Prunus avium and Quercus spp.

Notes: Common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: !, ROI: !, Other: Channel Islands: !; Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 73663; Scotland: K(M) 73698; Wales: K(M) 73713

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 222
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 318, pl. 403
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 234
D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Meripilus - Tyromyces, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 2: 388-743 (1994), p. 467

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