Byssomerulius corium
Eesti NSV Tead. Akad. Toim., Biol. seer 16(4): 383. 1967.
Common Name: none
Synonym: Meruliopsis corium (Pers.) Ginns
For description see Bernicchia & Gorjón, Ryvarden, & 'California Mushrooms'.
On wood of hardwoods and conifers; fruiting from fall through winter, widely distributed and common.
Unknown.
Byssomerulius corium is common on the undersides of both hardwood and conifer branches. Fruitbodies are initially resupinate with a smooth, white hymenial surface; as they mature, the margin becomes reflexed and develops into a narrow, elongated white cap, and the hymenium becomes merulioid to almost poroid and cream-colored. The soft tissue and mostly resupinate fruitbodies distinguish this species from tougher Stereum species that form distinct, fan-shaped, imbricate caps.
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Larsson, K.-H. & Ryvarden, L. (2021). Corticioid Fungi of Europe - 1 - Acanthobasidium - Gyrodontium. Fungiflora: Oslo. 266 p.
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