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Peniophora cinerea (Pers.) Cooke, Grevillea 8(no. 45): 20 (1879)

Corticium cinereum Pers., Neues Mag. Bot. 1: 111 (1794)
Thelephora cinerea (Pers.) Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 579 (1801)

Habitat: On dead wood of deciduous trees and shrubs. Most frequent on Acer pseudoplatanus and Fagus but also known on Hedera, Ligustrum vulgare and Syringa vulgaris. Rarely on conifers such as Juniperus communis and Pinus sylvestris.

Notes: Very common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Isle of Man: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 60031; Scotland: K(M) 36560; Wales: K(M) 36552; NI: K(M) 82952

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 152, pl. 156
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 188

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