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Species: Inonotus radiatus (Sowerby) P. Karst.
Synonyms: Boletus radiatus
Fomes variegatus
Polyporus radiatus
Polystictus radiatus
Inonotus radiatus. Very common in the Netherlands. Necrotrophic parasite on stems, trunks and branches of various deciduous trees, especially Alder. Causes white-rot.
Char.: young fruiting bodies ± bulbous, pale (ochreous) yellow, often bleeding big drops of fluid ("guttation"), later console-shaped and ± rusty brown (finally dark brown or blackish brown) with pale yellow edge, surface ± radially wrinkled; pores silvery white to yellowish grey.
Photo: public wildlife garden in Leiderdorp (A. Biemans). Width of consoles: ± 3-10 cm.
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