Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota

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Byssomerulius corium (Pers.) Parmasto, Eesti NSV Tead. Akad. Toim. Biol. seer 16(4): 383 (1967)

Auricularia papyrina Bull., Hist. Champ. Fr. (Paris) 9: tab. 402 (1789)
Thelephora corium Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 574 (1801)
Boletus purpurascens DC., Fl. franç. Edn 3 (Paris) 5/6: 41 (1815)
Merulius confluens Schwein., Schr. Naturf. Ges. Leipzig 1: 92 (1822)
Merulius corium (Pers.) Fr., Elench. fung. (Griefswald) 1: 58 (1828)
Merulius aurantiacus Klotzsch, in Smith, Engl. fl. Edn 2 (London) 5(2): 128 (1836)
Merulius papyrinus (Bull.) Quél., Fl. Mycol. France (Paris): 32 (1888)
Meruliopsis corium (Pers.) Ginns, Can. J. Bot. 54((1-2)): 126 (1976)

Habitat: On fallen and decayed wood of deciduous trees and shrubs, most frequently Fraxinus but also Acer pseudoplatanus, Fagus and Salix spp., and on Ulex europaeus. Rarer hosts include Betula sp., Buddleja davidii, Crataegus sp., Hedera, Ligustrum ovalifolium, Pittosporum, Populus, Prunus, Quercus, Rosa, Syringa, Tilia spp. and Viburnum lantana. Rarely on conifers such as Pinus spp.

Notes: Very common and widespread. Old or dead basidiomes are frequently a dull purplish-red due to colonisation by the ascomycete Hypomyces rosellus.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: c

Vouchers: England: K(M) 34597; Scotland: K(M) 7450; Wales: K(M) 26319; NI: K(M) 78608; ROI: K(M) 78609; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 78536; Isle of Man: K(M) 26319

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), as Meruliopsis corium, p. 144, pl. 144
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), as Meruliopsis corium, p. 156

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