Hazel Bracket

Hazel Bracket - Skeletocutis semipileata

Alternative names
Skeletocutis nivea
Description

Resupinate or forming brackets, usually on Hazel branches, with whitish to brownish upper surface.  The fertile surface is white to cream and has very small round pores.  It causes a white rot. 

Similar Species

Taxonomy is difficult, and this may be a complex of species including S nivea, S nemoralis and other species; microscopic examination may be needed to identify with certainty (ref:.https://www.gbif.org/species/10136541

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Photograph upper- and under-side of bracket, and in situ on host plant.  You must ensure you have identifed the host species correctly.

Habitat

Hazel or other deciduous tree

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