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Sparassis crispa (Wulfen) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 465 (1821) Habitat: Parasitic then saprotrophic on roots of conifers, usually Pinus spp., but also known on Cedrus, Picea, Pseudotsuga and Sequoia spp. Continuing to fruit after the death of the host.
Notes: Common and widespread, but few records from Northern Ireland.
Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: !, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 66898; Scotland: K(M) 80760; ROI: K(M) 80758; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 80769
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 255
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 368, pl. 478
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 255
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