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Chondrostereum purpureum
silver leaf fungus, silver-leaf fungus
Specimens
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Substrate: Hardwood logs, snags, and stumps

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Edibility: Not edible.

Description:
Edibility:

Not edible.

Identification Notes:

The underside does not have visible pores. Amylostereum areolatum, on conifer wood, is similar but has zoned cap that often is moss-covered. Chondrostereum purpureum typically produces thin but tough brackets with finely hairy caps. These are whitish at first, becoming weakly zoned in shades of gray to purple-brown, the margins undulate and whitish. The undersides are smooth though rather knobbly, and are purple to purple-brown, growing over the wood below the caps, and often coalescing with other fruitbodies.

Sources: Trudell, Steve and Joe Ammirati. Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Portland, Timber Press, Inc. 2009. Roberts, Peter and Evans, Shelley. The Book of Fungi. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Accepted Name:
Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.: Fr.) Pouzar

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Chondrostereum purpureum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

CalPhotos: Chondrostereum purpureum photos

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