Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales	Family: Schizoporaceae
Species: Xylodon sambuci (Pers.) Tura, Zmitr., Wasser & Spirin

Synonyms:

Corticium chrysanthemi Corticium sambuci Corticium serum Hyphoderma sambuci Hyphodontia sambuci Hyphodontia sambuci s. lat. Lyomyces sambuci Lyomyces sambuci var. angustispora Peniophora chrysanthemi Peniophora sambuci Rogersella sambuci Thelephora calcea ? sambuci Thelephora calcea var. sambuci Thelephora cretacea Thelephora sambuci Thelephora sera

Common Name:

Elder Whitewash

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On Elder, Sambucus nigra

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Sambucus nigra (20) Quercus (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland and scrub (8) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (3) Woodland (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2) Built up area, domestic (1) Cultivated/disturbed land: introduced shrub (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Scrub (1) Scrub: dense/continuous (1) Woodland: broadleaved (1) Woodland: coniferous (1) Woodland: mixed (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Wood (4) Branch (3) Dead Branch (3) Tree (3) Twig (2) Dead Attached Branch (1) Soil Mossy (1) Standing Dead Tree (1) Stem (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: February (3) March (2) April (3) May (1) June (1) July (1) August (4) September (9) October (12) November (4) December (2)