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Daedalea quercina (Oak Mazegill)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Daedalea quercina is a species of mushroom in the Polyporales order. It is the type species of the genus Daedalea. Commonly known as the oak mazegill or maze-gill fungus, the specific epithet refers to the oak genus Quercus, upon which it frequently grows, causing a brown rot. It is found in Europe, Asia, Northern Africa and Australasia. Though inedible, it can be used as a natural comb and has been the subject of chemical research.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Borrowdale Woodland Complex 1650 England, United Kingdom
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States
Medvastö-Stormossen 2029 Finland  
Pernajanlahtien ja Pernajan saariston merensuojelualue 162534 Finland  

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Acer campestre (hedge maple)[1]
Castanea sativa (European chestnut)[2]
Fagus sylvatica (European beech)[2]
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)[2]
Ulmus procera (English elm)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Metalimnobia quadrimaculata[2]

Providers

Parasite of 
Castanea sativa (European chestnut)[2]
Fagus sylvatica (European beech)[2]
Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Ecology of Commanster
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0