Blog posts tagged with 'champignons'

The willow bracket, scientifically known as Phellinus igniarius, is one of the most fascinating and complex wood-dwelling fungi in the European mycological landscape. This perennial polypore, which owes its common name to the characteristic bracket shape it assumes when growing on tree trunks, is not only an organism of great scientific interest but also a species with remarkable medicinal properties, the subject of increasingly in-depth studies. In this fact sheet, we will explore in detail every aspect of this extraordinary fungus, from its taxonomy and ecology, from its morphological characteristics to its pharmacological applications.