Conifer Blueing Bracket - Postia caesia
A small bracket, white to greyish at first, but becoming a distinctive blue colour on the finely hairy upper surface.
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Dead conifer trees
Most of year
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain and Ireland.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Conifer Blueing Bracket
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Polyporales
- Family:
- Dacryobolaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 23/10/2021 (N, Matt)
- Last record:
- 02/10/2022 (Bedford, Frank)
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