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Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar, Česká Mykol. 13(1): 17 (1959) Stereum rugosiusculum sensu Rea [Brit. basidiomyc.: 665 (1922)]
Stereum purpureum Pers., Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 110 (1794)
Thelephora purpurea (Pers.) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 571 (1801)
Auricularia persistens Sowerby, Col. fig. Engl. Fung. Mushr. (London) 3: tab. 388:1 (1803)
Stereum vorticosum Pers., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Upsaliae): 548 (1838) [1836-1838]
Habitat: Parasitic then saprotrophic on dead or dying deciduous trees. Rarely reported on conifers such as Pinus spp.
Notes: Very common and widespread. Of commercial importance as the cause of 'silver leaf' disease of fruit trees. Also used in recent times as a biocontrol agent to remove susceptible thicket-forming shrubs.
Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c; Isle of Man: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 105476; Scotland: K(M) 79396; Wales: K(M) 79415 (old record); NI: K(M) 79402; ROI: K(M) 9228; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 37982
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 236
I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 180, pl. 198
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 156
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