Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 177 (1886)

Boletus igniarius L., Sp. pl. 2: 1176 (1753)
Polyporus igniarius (L.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 375 (1821)
Fomes igniarius (L.) Cooke, Summa veg. Scand. Section Post. (Stockholm): 321 (1849)
Fomes trivialis Bres., Icon. Mycol. (Paris) 20: CMXC11 (1931)
Phellinus trivialis (Bres.) Kreisel, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 69: 212 (1964)

Habitat: Parasitic. Usually living trunks of Salix spp. Reported on Alnus, Betula, Malus and (dubiously) Pinus sylvestris.

Notes: Occasional but widespread. Probably a species complex, not yet fully resolved.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 78010; Scotland: K(M) 77710; Wales: K(M) 77694

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 228-229
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 260, pl. 316
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 329
D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Meripilus - Tyromyces, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 2: 388-743 (1994), p. 491

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