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

synonyms: Blaugrauer Rindenpilz
Peniophora lycii Mushroom
Ref No: 8511
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location: Europe
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: Violet or purple
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: Pink
habitat: Grows on wood

Peniophora lycii (Pers.) Höhn. & Litsch Blaugrauer Rindenpilz. Fruit body resupinate, forming thin irregular patches on the undersides of branches, blue-grey with a violaceous tint. Cystidia club-shaped conspicuously encrusted in crystalline material and often becoming buried as the hymenium thickens. Dendrophyses hyaline, branched, encrusted with crystalline material. Spores pink, cylindric or somewhat curved, 9–13 x 3.5–5um. Habitat on dead twigs and sticks of many deciduous trees. Season all year. Very common. Not edible. Found In Europe.

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