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Ceriporia purpurea (Fr.) Donk, Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch. Proc. Sect. Sci. 74: 28 (1971)

Ceriporia mellita sensu auct. brit.
Poria rhodella sensu auct.
Poria mellita sensu auct. brit.
Polyporus purpureus Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 379 (1821)
Poria purpurea (Fr.) Cooke, Grevillea 14(no. 72): 112 (1886)
Meruliopsis purpurea (Fr.) Bondartsev, Eesti NSV Tead. Akad. Toim. Biol. ser. 18 8(4): 274 (1959)

Habitat: On fallen deciduous wood, usually on calcareous soil. Most often on Fraxinus but also known on Acer pseudoplatanus, Betula spp., Corylus, Crataegus, Fagus, Populus, Salix and Ulmus spp.

Notes: Locally common in southern England, infrequently recorded elsewhere.

Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 45702; Scotland: K(M) 38007; Wales: K(M) 155301

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 296, pl. 372
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 170
D:, in Ryvarden, L & Gilbertson, R.L., European Polypores: Abortiporus - Lindtneria, (Ed.: Ryvarden L. & Gilbertson R.L) 1: 1-387 (1993), p. 186

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