Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales	Family: Cyphellaceae
Species: Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar

Synonyms:

Auricularia persistens Stereum purpureum Stereum vorticosum Thelephora purpurea

Common Name:

Silverleaf Fungus

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (10) Quercus (2) Acer (2) Populus alba (2) Fraxinus excelsior (1) Malus domestica (1) Populus (1) Salix caprea (1) Betula pubescens (1) Salix (1) Corylus avellana (1) Betula (1) Alnus glutinosa (1) Alnus cordata (1) Alnus (1) Acer pseudoplatanus (1) Crataegus monogyna (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (7) Woodland: mixed (7) Woodland and scrub (6) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (6) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5) Parkland and scattered trees (5) Woodland: broadleaved (5) Built up area, domestic (3) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (3) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Ornamental gardens (1) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1) Valley alderwoods on mineral soils (1) Wet valley alderwoods (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Stump (7) Tree (5) Log (4) Wood (3) Fallen Tree (2) Rotting Wood (2) Sawn Wood (2) Wood Cut End (2) Bark (1) Branch (1) Cut Trunk (1) Dead Wood (1) Standing Dead Tree (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (4) March (5) May (1) August (3) September (11) October (14) November (6) December (8)