Wildlife Database
🍄
FungusLCLeast Concern

Birch Polypore

Fomitopsis betulina

About

One of Britain's most ancient medicinal fungi, the birch polypore was found on Ötzi the Iceman (preserved for 5,300 years). It grows exclusively on birch trees, producing large, white, smooth brackets that provide habitat for rare invertebrates.

Community Sightings

View all

🔭

No sightings recorded yet. Be the first!

Record a sighting

🍄

Spotted one?

Record your Birch Polypore sighting and share it with the community.

Record sighting

Quick Facts

Category
Fungus
Latin name
Fomitopsis betulina
IUCN Status
LC — Least Concern
Community sightings
0
Advertisement300×250

Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.