Bjerkandera fumosa (Pers.) P. Karst., Meddn Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 5: 38 (1879) Boletus fumosus Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 530 (1801) Polyporus fumosus (Pers.) Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 2: 257 (1818) Daedalea saligna Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 2: 241 (1818) Polyporus pallescens Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 2: 256 (1818) Polyporus salignus (Fr.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 452 (1838) [1836-1838] Polyporus fragrans Peck, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. nat. Hist. 30: 45 (1878) [1877] Leptoporus fumosus (Pers.) Quél., in Duss, Enum. Champ. Guadeloupe (Lons-le-Saunier): 26 (1903) Polyporus fumosus var. fragrans (Peck) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 587 (1922) Gloeoporus fumosus (Pers.) Pilát, in Kavina & Pilát, Atlas Champ. l'Europe (Praha) 3: 149 (1937) Tyromyces fumosus (Pers.) Pouzar, Folia geobot. phytotax. bohemoslov. 1: 370 (1966)
Habitat: On decayed wood of deciduous trees, most frequently large stumps of Acer pseudoplatanus but also known on Alnus, Castanea, Betula spp. Fagus, Fraxinus, Malus, Quercus, Salix and Ulmus spp. Rarely reported on conifers such as Larix and Picea spp., and Pseudotsuga menziesii but these hosts are unverified.
Notes: Occasional but widespread, sometimes locally common, especially where sycamore scrub is cleared. Basidiomes in active growth often smell strongly of anise.
Distribution: E: o, S: o, W: !, NI: !, ROI: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 105455; Scotland: K(M) 74133; ROI: K(M) 74139
Descriptions, Lists & Icons: D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 268, pl. 330 D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 221 D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Abortiporus - Lindtneria, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 1: 1-387 (1993), p. 170
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