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Athelia arachnoidea (Berk.) Jülich, Willdenowia 7: 53 (1972)

Corticium centrifugum sensu auct. p.p.
Corticium arachnoideum Berk., Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. Ser. 1 [Notices of British Fungi No. 287] 13: 345 (1844)
Hypochnus bisporus J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien Pilze (Breslau) 3(1): 415 (1889)
Corticium bisporum (J. Schröt.) Bourdot & Galzin, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 27(2): 241 (1911)
Corticium centrifugum subsp. bisporum (J. Schröt.) Bourdot & Galzin, Hyménomyc. de France (Sceaux): 199 (1928) [1927]
Rhizoctonia carotae Rader, Phytopathology 38: 444 (1948)
Athelia bispora (J. Schröt.) Donk, Fungus, Wageningen 27: 12 (1957)
Fibularhizoctonia carotae (Rader) G.C. Adams & Kropp, Mycologia 88(3): 464 (1996)

Habitat: On decayed wood of deciduous trees and conifers, on fallen and living leaves of deciduous trees and shrubs, and decayed straw. Occasionally on algae on wood and known to parasitise various species of lichen.

Notes: Common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: !, ROI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 25436; Scotland: K(M) 156371; Wales: K(M) 79339

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 82, pl. 49
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 145

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