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Trechispora mollusca (Pers.) Liberta, Can. J. Bot. 51(10): 1878 (1973)

Cristella candidissima sensu auct. brit.
Trechispora candidissima sensu auct. brit.
Poria candidissima sensu auct.
Boletus molluscus Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 547 (1801)
Polyporus molluscus (Pers.) Fr., Observ. mycol. (Havniae) 1: 129 (1815)
Poria mollusca (Pers.) Cooke, Grevillea 14(no. 72): 109 (1886)
Cristella mollusca (Pers.) Donk, Persoonia 5(1): 97 (1967)

Habitat: On, or inside, decayed wood of deciduous trees and conifers, usually large logs or fallen branches, and often extending onto litter or debris below.

Notes: Common and widespread. Easily confused with T. hymenocystis.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: c

Vouchers: England: K(M) 61033; Scotland: K(M) 34506; Wales: K(M) 34499; Other: Channel Islands: K(M) 28276

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 126, pl. 115
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 131

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