| Added on 31/12/2011 | Fungi |
Polyporus squamosus
Common Name(s): Dryad's Saddle
This fungus is common and widespread in Britain and Europe. It is found on most deciduous trees favouring Sycamore, Beech, Elm and Ash.
The fungal bracket is fan shaped and appears annually during the summer. It has a yellowish upper surface painted with light brown scales; white below. The flesh smells of meal and is initially succulent becoming dry and corky with age. The bracket grows on a stalk, sometimes in clusters. The brackets can reach a size of up to half a meter across. It can be found on low stumps but is usually seen higher on the tree stem. It is especially common on old pruning wounds. Its scaly appearance is similar to Pholiota squarrosa.
Pictures By Ben Jones of the Westonbirt Tree Team.
Fungus growing on Ash at Silk Wood, Westonbirt arboretum.
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Picture By Jeff Marlow.
Bracket found at approximately 5m above ground level on a street tree Lime, in Bewdley, Worcestershire
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Pictures By Chris Skellern
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Picture by Allister K. Denyer.
Fruiting bodies on base of an Ash tree.
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