Oak Bracket - Inonotus dryadeus
Description
The most distinctive thing about this bracket is that when young and fresh it 'weeps' an amber like liquid.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
On Oak.
When to see it
Persists all year.
Life History
Grows on Oak.
UK Status
Widespread in England.
VC55 Status
Not very common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Denise Stretton
Markfield Lane Newtown Linford
29 July 2011
Steve Mathers
Bradgate Park (around Bradgate House)
10 October 2016
Steve Mathers
Bradgate Park (around Bradgate House)
10 October 2016
Steve Mathers
Bradgate Park (around Bradgate House)
10 October 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Oak Bracket
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Hymenochaetales
- Family:
- Hymenochaetaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 29/07/2011 (Stretton, Denise)
- Last record:
- 09/08/2023 (Carter, Robert)
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