FungusHypoxylaceae
King Alfred's Cakes
Daldinia concentrica
- Habitat
- Dead Ash wood. Threatened alongside host by Ash Dieback
- Substrate
- Saprotrophic, dead Ash wood
Ecological relationships
Grows on
European AshFraxinus excelsiorSo closely associated with dead Ash wood that it is practically diagnostic of the species. The relationship carries conservation urgency, Ash Dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) threatens both the host tree and this fungus across Europe.