Bracket and Crust Fungi Gallery

Polyporaceae
Polyporus brumalis	Polyporus squamosus	Polyporus tuberaster	Laetiporus sulphureus	Coltricia perennis	Fomes fomentarius
Lenzites betulinus	Phaeolus schweinitzii	Trametes versicolor	Trametes gibbosa	Trametes suaveolens	Trametes pubescens
Sparassis crispa	Pycnoporus cinnabarinus	Panus rudis	Dichomitus campestris
Fomitopsidaceae
Fomitopsis pinicola	Daedalea quercina	Daedaleopsis confragosa	Piptoporus betulinus	Postia caesia	Postia stiptica
Ganodermataceae				Fistulinaceae
Ganoderma applanatum	Ganoderma australe	Ganoderma lucidum	Ganoderma resinaceum	Fistulina hepatica
Hymenochaetaceae				Bondarzewiaceae
Pseudoinonotus dryadeus	Inonotus hispidus	Inonotus radiatus	Phellinus igniarius	Heterobasidion annosum
Meripilaceae				Meruliaceae
Meripilus giganteus	Grifola frondosa	Grifola umbellata		Bjerkandera adusta	Steccherinum ochraceum
Steriaceae
Stereum hirsutum	Stereum rameale	Stereum subtomentosum
Schizoporaceae
Basidioradulum radula

The diversity of brackets and Crusts

Bracket and crust fungi are as varied in size, colour and texture as cap-and-stem fungi (mushrooms), but their habitat range is much more restricted: they grow on trees, either living or dead.

For more information about the various families of bracket fungi and a deeper insight into the ecology and structure of the species featured in our Bracket Fungi Gallery pages, please see Pat O'Reilly's latest book Fascinated by Fungi, author-signed copies of which are available online here...