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Peniophora incarnata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Orangegelber Rindenpilz, Rosy Crust
Peniophora incarnata Mushroom
Ref No: 8510
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Orange
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: Pink
habitat: Grows on wood

Peniophora incarnata (Fr.) Karst. syn. Thelephora incarnata Pers. ex Fr. Orangegelber Rindenpilz Rosy Crust. Fruit body resupinate, forming thin pale to bright orange or salmon-pink patches on the undersides of branches. Spores light red, narrowly elliptic, 8–12 x 3.5–5um. Cystidia fusoid, encrusted with crystalline material and found at all levels in the thickening hymenium. Gloeocystidia thin-walled, elongated and somewhat vermiform. Habitat on wood of all sorts especially gorse. Season all year. Common. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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