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Blueing Bracket

Postia subcaesia (A. David) Jülich 1982

Description:

This fungus produces small semicircular brackets, up to 6cm wide. They are whitish but develop blue rings as they age. ----Habitat=It is found on dead logs of deciduous trees ---When to see it=Autumn ( http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/blu... )

Habitat:

Oligoporus subcaesius (Postia subcaesia) - Vaalblauwe Kaaszwam ( dutch )- TAXONOMY--->( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Li... ), ( http://www.pbase.com/antonieblom/image/1... )

Notes:

Postia is a genus of brown-rot fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The widespread genus contains about 30 species ( wikipedia ), ( http://www.soortenbank.nl/soorten.php?so... )

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Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands

Lat: 50.88, Long: 5.99

Spotted on Feb 29, 2012
Submitted on Mar 5, 2012

Spotted for mission

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