Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Polyporales Family: Meruliaceae
Species: Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar
Synonyms: Auricularia persistens
Stereum purpureum
Stereum vorticosum
Thelephora purpurea
Common Name: Silverleaf Fungus
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Chondrostereum purpureumPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (8)
Quercus (4)
Betula (2)
Populus alba (2)
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Alnus cordata (1)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Populus (1)
Salix caprea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (9)
Woodland (8)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (8)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (7)
Woodland: broadleaved (7)
Parkland and scattered trees (6)
Built up area, domestic (4)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1)
Valley alderwoods on mineral soils (1)
Wet valley alderwoods (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Stump (6)
Log (3)
Bark (2)
Fallen Tree (2)
Rotting Wood (2)
Sawn Wood (2)
Tree (2)
Wood Cut End (2)
Cut Trunk (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
August (3)
September (7)
October (14)
November (4)
December (7)