Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales Family: Peniophoraceae
Species: Peniophora quercina (Pers.) Cooke
Synonyms: Auricularia corticalis
Corticium quercinum
Peniophora pezizoides
Thelephora quercina
Common Name:


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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (13)
Quercus petraea (8)
Quercus robur (5)
Fagus sylvatica (3)
Tilia (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (3)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
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)
Soil Grassy (1)
Tree (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
February (3)
March (10)
April (3)
May (2)
July (3)
August (2)
September (8)
October (10)
November (4)
December (1)