Silverleaf

Chondrostereum purpureum

TQ4793 22/02/2018 ©Raymond Small 

Forms purple patches with a pale edge on dead deciduous wood. Initially a crust before developing brackets up to 30mm across. It often grows on sawn log ends. It causes Silverleaf disease on plum and cherry foliage.

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