Peniophora quercina (Pers.) Cooke, (oak crust)


29 Oct 2002 at OSGR: SU49 in Berks, England

Record Summaryon recently fallen ?Sallow twig
Found asFruitbody
Date29 October 2002
OS grid refOSGR: SU49
Lat/Lon51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher29 Oct 2002[C]
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Notes:

Hymenium: very pale buffy pink, smooth, tough.

Margin thin, pale grey or purplish, sometimes lifting.

Spore print: very pale buffy pink, wet.

Spores: 9-10/3µm, hyaline, cylindric, curved near one end

Basidia: 4-spored, long and narrow.

Cystidia: clavate, strongly encrusted, 26-30(50)/8-9(15)µm, those deep in the hymenium longer and broader (often much broader).

Dendrohyphidia absent.

Occasional non-encrusted cystidia.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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