Conifer Mazegill - Gloeophyllum sepiarium
A perennial polypore with rust-brown to dark-brown felty and zonate caps. The pores are yellowish-brown, labyrinthine and elongated or gill-like; 15 - 20 per cm at margins.
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Found on the deadwood of conifers, usually spruce.
Infrequent or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland where there are only 6 records to 2016.
Alan Semper
Bradgate Park
27 October 2016
On fallen tree
Alan Semper
Bradgate Park
27 October 2016
CAPochin
Grand Union Canal, Kibworth
13 December 2025
CAPochin
Grand Union Canal, Kibworth
13 December 2025
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Species profile
- Common names
- Conifer Mazegill
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Gloeophyllales
- Family:
- Gloeophyllaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 27/10/2016 (Semper, Alan)
- Last record:
- 13/12/2025 (Pochin, Christine)
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