Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales	Family: Peniophoraceae
Species: Peniophora quercina (Pers.) Cooke

Synonyms:

Auricularia corticalis Corticium quercinum Oak Crust Peniophora pezizoides Thelephora quercina

Common Name:

Oak Crust

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On Oak

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus (13) Quercus petraea (8) Quercus robur (6) Fagus sylvatica (3) Tilia (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3) Woodland and scrub (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation (3) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland (2) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (2) Built up area, domestic (1) Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Branch (19) Wood (3) Dead Branch (1) Dead fallen stick (1) Dead Wood (1) Fallen Branch (1) Log (1) Soil Grassy (1) Tree (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (6) February (5) March (11) April (3) May (2) July (4) August (2) September (8) October (11) November (5) December (1)