22 November 2008 West Sussex. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Fruiting Body Forming multiple small brackets, sometimes partially or wholly resupinate, upper surface whitish, finely hairy, underside purple, becoming brown with age, paler when dry Flesh Tough Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season All year Distribution Common Habitat On living and dead wood from deciduous trees Spore Print White Microscopic Features Spores sausage shaped, smooth, hyaline (5-8) x (2.5-3) µm2. Hyphal system monomitic, generative hyphae with clamp connections. Edibility Inedible Notes Causes silver leaf disease in fruit trees, which leads to the death of the tree unless the infected wood is removed |