FungusFistulinaceae
Beefsteak Fungus
Fistulina hepatica
- Habitat
- Veteran Oak and Sweet Chestnut heartwood
- Substrate
- Parasitic, veteran Oak heartwood. Creates prized brown oak timber
Ecological relationships
Grows on
Pedunculate OakQuercus roburFound almost exclusively on veteran Pedunculate Oak, where it causes a distinctive brown rot that ironically produces the prized "brown oak" timber sought by craftspeople. One of the most oak-faithful bracket fungi in Europe.