Phleogena faginea (Fries & Palmquist) Link, 1833

fenugreek stalkball

Heemstede, Groenendaal, 12.xii..2025 © Laurens van der Linde

colony

detail

on broadleaved trees

parasite

Colonies of light brown stalks bearing globular, white, 1-3 mm size masses of hyphae and light brown basidiospores of 7-9 x 8-10 µm; on the bark, fenugreek-smell.

host plants

polyphagous

Acer platanoides; Alnus glutinosa, incana; Betula pendula; Carpinus betulus; Corylus avellana; Fagus sylvatica; Picea abies; Populus tremula; Prunus avium; Quercus robur; Salix caprea; Tilia cordata; Ulmus glabra, laevis.

references

Ellis & Ellis (1997a: 136), Kozłowska, Mułenko, Anusiewicz & Wołkowycki (2019a)., Szczepkowski, Kujawa, Bujakiewicz, ao (2008a), Tallasch (1970a).