Cerrena unicolor

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Fungus Host: Hardwood

Seasonal Growth: Annual

Shape and Texture: Tough or leathery

Fruiting Location #1: Main trunk

Fruiting Location #2: Upper trunk-branches

Hymenium: Pores

Thickness: Thin less then 1/2 inch

Stem: Absent

Urban Commonality Rating: Common

Common Hosts #1: Maple

Common Hosts #2: None

Species Gallery

1. Habit on a living red maple

Cerrena unicolor

2. Habit on a Norway maple scaffold branch

Cerrena unicolor

3. Close up of top showing one of the algal associates that can usually be found on Cerrena unicolor

Cerrena unicolor

4. Closeup of section through context showing distinct purple line separating to pore layer

Cerrena unicolor

5. Pore layer showing smoky purple color and daedaliod (maze-like) pore arrangement

Cerrena unicolor

6. Horne tail siricid wasp and larvae developing in decayed sugar maple. The insect is a vector of the fungus.

Cerrena unicolor