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Aleurodiscus amorphus (Pers.) J. Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien Pilze (Breslau) 3.1(25–32): 429 (1888) [1889] Peziza amorpha Pers., Syn. meth. fung. (Göttingen) 2: 657 (1801)
Thelephora amorpha (Pers.) Fr., Elench. fung. (Griefswald) 1: 183 (1828)
Corticium amorphum (Pers.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Uppsala): 559 (1838) [1836-1838]
Lachnea amorpha (Pers.) Gillet, Champ.: 89 (1881) [1879]
Cyphella amorpha (Pers.) Quél., Enchir. fung. (Paris): 215 (1886)
Stereum amorphum (Pers.) E.H.L. Krause, Arch. Freunde NatGesch. Mecklenb. Suppl.: 81 (1929)
Habitat: On dead and dying attached branches of conifers such as Abies and Picea spp.
Notes: Rarely reported. Sometimes mistaken for a discomycete, basidiomes being small and discoid. Collections from widespread locations in Scotland, and a few from England (Cumberland, East Kent, Herefordshire and South Devon). Frequently parasitised by Tremella simplex.
Distribution: E: !, S: !
Vouchers: England: K(M) 31151; Scotland: K(M) 31152
Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 78, pl. 45
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 181
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