Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Corticiales Family: Corticiaceae
Species: Vuilleminia comedens (Nees) Maire
Synonyms: Corticium carlylei
Corticium comedens
Corticium nigrescens
Thelephora comedens
Thelephora decorticans
Thelephora nigrescens
Common Name: Waxy Crust


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Vuilleminia comedens

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus robur (4)
Quercus petraea (4)
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Quercus (2)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (4)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Branch (5)
Wood (3)
Twig (2)
Dead Branch (1)
Fallen Twig (1)
Log (1)
Standing dead wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (1)
March (9)
June (2)
August (1)
September (4)
October (5)
November (1)
December (5)