Cerrena unicolor

Cerrena unicolor

''Cerrena unicolor'', commonly known as the mossy maze polypore, is a species of poroid fungus in the genus ''Cerrena'' . This saprobic fungus causes a white rot.
Mossy maze polypore - Cerrena unicolor On an upright dry tree, in the border area of Dragoman marsh. From the top they look greenish - covered with algae. Unfortunately, I was unable to take a photo from the top side.
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Appearance

''Cerrena unicolor'' has fruit bodies that are semicircular, wavy brackets up to 10 centimeters wide. Attached to the growing surface without a stalk , the upper surface is finely hairy, white to grayish brown in color, and in zonate—marked with zones or concentric bands of color. The surface is often green from algal growth. The pore surface is whitish in young specimens, later turning gray in maturity. The arrangement of the pores resembles a maze of slots; the tubes may extend to 4 mm deep. The spore print is white.

Spores are elliptical in shape, smooth, hyaline, inamyloid, and have dimensions of 5–7 by 2.5–4 µm.
Mossy maze polypore - Cerrena unicolor On an upright dry tree, in the border area of Dragoman marsh. From the top they look greenish - covered with algae. Unfortunately, I was unable to take a photo from the top side.
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Habitat

''Cerrena unicolor'' causes canker rot and decay in paper birch and sugar maple .

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderPolyporales
FamilyPolyporaceae
GenusCerrena
SpeciesC. unicolor
Photographed in
Bulgaria