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


15 Oct 1997 at OSGR: SU67 in Berks, England

Record Summaryon dead oak branch 2m up
Found asFruitbody
Date15 October 1997
Associated organismQuercus
OS grid refOSGR: SU67
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher15 Oct 1997[J]
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Notes:

Vinaceous grey resupinate; underside black, margin lifting, radiating fibrillose-fimbriate, pale under extreme margin.

Texture: watery but tough.

Spores: allantoid, 9-12/3-3.5µm.

Basidia: 4-spored, aseptate.

Cystidia: abundant, with coating at tip (lamprocystidia) 8-12µm wide.

Hymenium dextrinoid.

Lower trama: brown thick-walled, clamped hyphae 3-4µm diam, cylindric, ± parallel.

Spore print: slightly pinkish, non-amyloid.

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