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Peniophora
Peniophora is a genus of fungi which are plant pathogens. Members of the genus belong to the class Agaricomycetes, order Russulales, and family Peniophoraceae. The genus is widespread, and contains 62 species. The species of Peniophora are resupinate, or crust-like, and are described as corticioid. A number of its members are parasitised by other fungi. For example, Tremella mesenterica is a parasite to several species of Peniophora.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Giraffe Spots
speciesPeniophora albobadia

Red Tree Brain Fungus
speciesPeniophora rufa

Rosy Crust
speciesPeniophora incarnata

Oak Crust
speciesPeniophora quercina

Peniophora cinerea
speciesPeniophora cinerea

Peniophora limitata
speciesPeniophora limitata

Peniophora lycii
speciesPeniophora lycii

Peniophora aurantiaca
speciesPeniophora aurantiaca

Peniophora nuda
speciesPeniophora nuda

Peniophora polygonia
speciesPeniophora polygonia

Peniophora rufomarginata
speciesPeniophora rufomarginata
Peniophora coprosmae
speciesPeniophora coprosmae

Peniophora laurentii
speciesPeniophora laurentii

Hornbeam Crust
speciesPeniophora laeta
Peniophora crustosa
speciesPeniophora crustosa

Peniophora sp. 'albobadia-IN01'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'albobadia-IN01'

Peniophora malenconii
speciesPeniophora malenconii

Peniophora proxima
speciesPeniophora proxima

Peniophora pithya
speciesPeniophora pithya

pine crust
speciesPeniophora pini

Peniophora sp. 'albobadia-CA01'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'albobadia-CA01'
Peniophora scintillans
speciesPeniophora scintillans

Peniophora piceae
speciesPeniophora piceae

Peniophora violaceolivida
speciesPeniophora violaceolivida

Peniophora erikssonii
speciesPeniophora erikssonii

Peniophora sp. 'CA01'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'CA01'

Peniophora tamaricicola
speciesPeniophora tamaricicola

Peniophora lilacea
speciesPeniophora lilacea

Peniophora junipericola
speciesPeniophora junipericola

Peniophora meridionalis
speciesPeniophora meridionalis

Peniophora boidinii
speciesPeniophora boidinii

Peniophora sp. 'albobadia-JS1'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'albobadia-JS1'

Peniophora sp. 'CA04'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'CA04'
Peniophora decorticans
speciesPeniophora decorticans

Peniophora sp. 'MI02'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'MI02'

Peniophora sp. 'CA02'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'CA02'

Peniophora exima
speciesPeniophora exima

Peniophora sp. 'MI01'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'MI01'

Peniophora sp. 'polygonia-CA01'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'polygonia-CA01'

Peniophora pseudoversicolor
speciesPeniophora pseudoversicolor
Peniophora carnea
speciesPeniophora carnea
Peniophora manshurica
speciesPeniophora manshurica

Peniophora lassa
speciesPeniophora lassa

Peniophora halimi
speciesPeniophora halimi

Peniophora borbonica
speciesPeniophora borbonica
Peniophora reidii
speciesPeniophora reidii

Peniophora sp. 'ID01'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'ID01'
Peniophora sp. 'PR01'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'PR01'

Peniophora sp. 'CA03'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'CA03'
Peniophora septentrionalis
speciesPeniophora septentrionalis

Peniophora inflata
speciesPeniophora inflata

Peniophora sp. 'PE01'
speciesPeniophora sp. 'PE01'
Peniophora aspera
speciesPeniophora aspera
Peniophora metuloidea
speciesPeniophora metuloidea
Peniophora pseudopini
speciesPeniophora pseudopini
Peniophora odorata
speciesPeniophora odorata
Peniophora thujae
speciesPeniophora thujae
Peniophora subacida
speciesPeniophora subacida
Peniophora salaccae
speciesPeniophora salaccae

Peniophora pruinata
speciesPeniophora pruinata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55879.
