Waxy Crust Vuilleminia comedens

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A grey resupinate fungi with purple tinges growing beneath the bark on dead branches causing the bark to characteristically roll-back Synonyms Corticium carlylei Corticium comedens Corticium nigrescens Thelephora comedens Thelephora decorticans Thelephora nigrescens

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Size: 3400px × 5100px
Location: Brockholes Nature Reserve, Lancashire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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