Peniophora quercina
A capped pale grey to darker purplish-grey corticoid, with margins that loosen and turn back to show a black cap surface The fertile surface has a knobbly surface and sometimes cracks.
Photograph the fertile surface and the caps; note habitat and substrate
Attached branches of deciduous trees, mainly Oak
All year round.
Seems to be widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Barbara Cooper
Bradgate Park
18 January 2018
Melinda Bell
Coleorton Wood
21 January 2024
Barbara Cooper
Bradgate Park
18 January 2018
Melinda Bell
Ashby,Woodcote Wood
28 February 2020
Melinda Bell
Donisthorpe,Woodland Park
12 December 2020
crust seen in damp weather
Melinda Bell
Ashby,Woodcote Wood
28 February 2020
Melinda Bell
Spring Wood Car Park
16 December 2021
Melinda Bell
Felicity's Wood, off Dean's Lane, Woodhouse
04 January 2022
Melinda Bell
Whitwick,Cademan Wood
29 December 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Oak Crust
- Species group:
- fungus
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Russulales
- Family:
- Peniophoraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 10
- First record:
- 18/01/2018 (Cooper, Barbara)
- Last record:
- 31/01/2026 (Bell, Melinda)
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