Dyers Mazegill / Summer/ Autumn / Inedible Scientific Name Phaeolus schweinitzii Common Names Dyers Mazegill, Velvet-top fungus, Dyer’s polypore, Pine dye polypore Family Fomitopsidaceae Habitat They are a parasitic species and cause brown rot that degrades the cellulose in trees. Fairly common throughout the UK growing on conifers such as…