A PHOTO FUNGI OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Bracket Fungi (Polyporales)
and other related fungi

Abortiporus biennis - Blushing Rosette     close-up     distant shot     habitat     cross-section
On mossy lawn under trees. Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon.
04.11.06 (Private Location) SX5165358372

Bjerkandera adusta - Smoky / Grey Polypore     top-view     close-up     colony
On dead trunk, possibly elm. Longbridge, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
06.01.07 (Public Location)

Coltricia perennis - Brown Goblet     pores
Woodland. Bircham Valley Local Nature Reserve, Estover, Plymouth, Devon.
22.09.04 (Public Location) SX503591

Daedalea quercina - Maze Gill     side-view     top-side     underside     colony
Oak stump. Bircham Valley LNR, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
13.11.06 (Public Location) SX503591

Daedaleopsis confragosa - Blushing Bracket     pores     older bracket
Whitleigh Woods, Plymouth, Devon. 18.10.06 (Public Location) SX476602

Datronia mollis - Common Mazegill     pores
On beech stump. Bircham Valley LNR, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
21.11.06 (Public Location) SX503591

Fistulina hepatica - Beefsteak Fungus -1     front-view     older bracket     underside
River Plym, Bickleigh, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 12.09.04 (Public Location) SX529618

Fistulina hepatica - Beafsteak Fungus -2     gills
Woodland. Ham Woods, Plymouth, Devon. 11.10.05 (Public Location) SX460579

Ganoderma sp. - A Bracket Fungus     underside
On old conifer stump. Abbeyford Woods, Okehampton, Devon.
19.11.06 (Public Location) SX589975

Ganoderma sp. - probably G. europaeum
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.04 (Private Location)

Ganoderma sp. - probably Artist's Fungus
On Living Oak Tree, 5ft up trunk. Shaugh Bridge (NT), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.04
(Public Location) SX533637

Heterobasidion annosum - Root Fomes     pores close-up
On old conifer stump. Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon.
20.10.06 (Public Location) SX522586

Hymenochaete rubiginosa - Oak Curtain Crust ?     pore surface     with guttation drops
On stump. Bircham Valley LNR, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
21.11.06 (Public Location) SX503591

Hyphodontia sambuci - Elder Whitewash     close-up     on twig
On Elder. Bircham Valley LNR, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
21.11.06 (Public Location) SX503591

Inonotus dryadeus - Oak Bracket     close-up
Base of oak tree. The Belt, Saltram House (NT), Plymouth, Devon.
07.08.06 (Public Location) SX526552

Inonotus dryadeus - Oak Bracket ?     underside     face-view     guttation and pores
On dead oak. Bircham Valley LNR, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
13.11.06 (Public Location) SX503591

Meripilus giganteus - Giant Polypore -1
Bickleigh Vale, Plym Bridge (North), Plymouth, Devon. 03.09.04 (Public Location) SX523591

Meripilus giganteus - Giant Polypore -2     close-up     underside
Ham Woods, Ham, Plymouth, Devon. 08.09.06 (Public Location) SX460579

Peniophora incarnata - Rosy Crust     close-up
On gorse. Bircham Valley LNR, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon. 27.12.07 (Public Location)

Peniophora lycii - A Crust Fungus ?     close-up
Deadwood / Dieback of Cornus alba 'Spaethii'. Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Plymouth, Devon. 24.02.07 (Private Location)

Peniophora quercina - A Crust Fungus     close-up
On dead, still fixed oak branch. Bircham Valley LNR, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
17.11.06 (Public Location) SX503591

Phellinus contiguus - A White Rot ?     close-up     branch cross-section
Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 22.01.07 (Public Location) SX533594

Phellinus ferreus - Cinnamon Porecrust     close-up
On Hazel. Hooksburry Wood, nr. Lee Moor, Plympton, Devon.
07.11.06 (Public Location) SX 558 598

Phellinus igniarius - Willow Bracket ?     front-view     pores
Hardwick Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 22.10.06 (Public Location) SX529556

Phellinus pomaceus - Cushion Bracket     close-up
On dead cherry. Burrator Reservoir, Burrator, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
16.11.06 (Public Location) SX566691

Phlebia radiata - Wrinkled Crust     close-up
On dead branch. Burrator, Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
16.11.06 (Public Location) SX566691

Phlebia tremellosa - Jelly Rot     close-up     topside close-up     colony
On pine. Cann Woods, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon. 11.11.06 (Public Location) SX476602

Piptoporus betulinus - Birch Polypore     upperside     underside magnified
On fallen birch. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 06.01.06 (Public Location) SX533594

Polyporus brumalis - Winter Polypore     side-view     pores     pores close-up     group
On fallen mossy rotting sycamore. Mainstone Wood, Plymouth, Devon.
25.01.07 (Public Location)

Polyporus squamosus - Dryad's Saddle     underside
On fallen timber. Ham Woods, Plymouth, Devon. 11.10.05 (Public Location) SX460579

Polyporus varius - Variable Polypore ?     side-view     pores     pores close-up
Detached, found on woodland floor. Bircham Valley LNR, Derriford, Plymouth, Devon.
21.11.06 (Public Location) SX503591

Postia ptychogaster ?     close-up
Coniferous woodland. Mudwell Woods, Bickleigh, Plymouth, Devon.
31.10.06 (Private Location) SX525617

Postia stiptica - Bitter Bracket ?     pores
Coniferous woodland. Mudwell Woods, Bickleigh, Plymouth, Devon.
31.10.06 (Private Location) SX525617

Pseudotrametes gibbosa - Lumpy Bracket     pores
Plym Bridge (North), Plymouth, Devon. 17.10.06 (Public Location) SX523597

Pulcherricium caeruleum - Cobalt Crust     log end     close-up     branch
On rotting ash branch. Leigham Wood, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 17.02.07 (Public Location)

Rigidoporus ulmarius - A Bracket Fungus     underside     cross-section
On living sycamore. Hardwick Wood, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon.
22.10.06 (Public Location) SX 529556

Schizophyllum commune - Common Porecrust     underside     underside close-up
On beech stump. South of Plaster Down, Horrabridge, Devon.
16.11.06 (Public Location) SX517716

Stereum gausapatum - Bleeding Oak Crust     staining     side-view
On dead hazel branch. Southway Woods LNR, Plymouth, Devon.
20.11.06 (Public Location) SX488606

Stereum hirsutum - Hairy Stereum     young bracket     young bracket underside     colony
Plym Bridge (North), Plymouth, Devon. 03.09.04 (Public Location) SX524587

Stereum rameale ?
Doe not stain when cut or scored. Plym Bridge (North), near bridge, Plymouth, Devon.
12.02.07 (Public Location) SX524587

Stereum ostrea - False Turkey-tail ?
Plym Bridge (North), Plymouth, Devon. 17.10.06 (Public Location) SX524587

Stereum sanguinolentum - Bleeding Conifer Crust     bleeding
On dead larch branch. Abbeyford Woods, Okehampton, Devon.
19.11.06 (Public Location) SX589975

Trametes hirsuta - Hairy Bracket
On fallen Beech. Plym Bridge (South) NT, Plymouth, Devon.
16.05.04 (Public Location) SX520585

Trametes versicolor - Turkey Fan -1
Woodland. Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 03.09.04 (Public Location) SX523591

Trametes versicolor - Turkey Fan -2
Woodland. Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 10.03.06 (Public Location) SX523591

Trametes versicolor - Turkey Fan ?  -3     close-up     colony
On fallen ash trunk. Andy Stevens LNR, Cann Woods, Whitleigh, Plymouth, Devon.
23.02.07 (Public Location) SX476602

Trichaptum abietinum - Violet Fir Bracket     underside     on tree     young brackets     
On dead conifer. Billacombe Wood, Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon.
27.10.06 (Public Location) SX518544