Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Hymenochaetales: Schizoporaceae: Xylodon sambuci (Pers.) Ţura, Zmitr., Wasser & Spirin

Xylodon sambuci – elder whitewash

Synonyms: Corticium chrysanthemi, Corticium cretaceum, Corticium hariotii, Corticium sambuci, Corticium serum, Grandinia sambuci, Hyphoderma sambuci, Hyphodontia hariotii, Hyphodontia sambuci, Hypochnus sambuci, Hypochnus serus, Kneiffia sera, Lyomyces sambuci, Lyomyces serus, Peniophora chrysanthemi, Peniophora sambuci, Rogersella sambuci, Thelephora calcea, Thelephora cretacea, Thelephora sambuci, Thelephora sera.

Common name: elder whitewash.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Elder whitewash fungus (Xylodon sambuci, Hyphodontia sambuci) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
Lake Somerville Trailway, Somerville, TX 77879, USA

Texture of elder whitewash fungus (Xylodon sambuci, Hyphodontia sambuci) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
Lake Somerville Trailway, Somerville, TX 77879, USA

Close up of elder whitewash fungus (Xylodon sambuci, Hyphodontia sambuci) under a fallen oak at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, December 21, 2019
Lake Somerville Trailway, Somerville, TX 77879, USA

Elder whitewash fungus (Xylodon sambuci, Hyphodontia sambuci)(?) growing on upper side of fallen twigs on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, December 27, 2019
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Whitewash fungus Xylodon sambuci (Hyphodontia sambuci)(?) on fallen twigs and a black corticioid fungus Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma on a fallen tree limb on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 12, 2020
Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Cracked white corticioid (crust) fungus Xylodon sambuci (Hyphodontia sambuci)(?) on a completely rotten hollow tree branch on Richards Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, December 15, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Comments

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