Greyling Bracket

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Postia tephroleuca

Greyling Bracket, a reference photo
Photo: James Lindsey · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Postia tephroleuca, also known as greyling bracket, is a species of fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae infecting broad-leaved trees, typically beech and plane.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Greyling Bracket being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Postiaceae
Genus
Postia
Species
Postia tephroleuca

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