Bleeding Broadleaf Crust 210112,... 7483 f

Bleeding Broadleaf Crust, ( Stereum rugosum ),

Similar to Bleeding Oak Crust but generally paler in colour and found on a rang of broadleaved trees.

Fruit Body, Usually fully resupinate, but occasionally with a narrow, projecting, uplifed maringinal zone; upper surface smooth or slightly warty, becoming hard and crusty when old; buff, tin pink, with the margin distinctly paler; bleeds red when damaged; sometimes found on thin twigs of birch, when it appears as small, rounded patches.

Habitat, Living and dead wood of deciduous trees and shrubs, particlarly Hazel and Beech,

Status, Widespread and common,.....

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Uploaded on January 21, 2012
Taken on January 21, 2012