Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)
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Trembling Crust

Merulius tremellosus

Life > Fungi > Basidiomycota > Agaricomycotina > Agaricomycetes > Polyporales > Meruliaceae > Merulius


Description

The Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus) is a decomposer of wood and is usually found growing on the side of large fallen tree trunks. It fruits in the late spring through fall and overwinters as a dried up version of its former self.

The hymenophore features an array of patterns appearing wrinkled, pocketed, or angularly poriod with colors of red, pink, or purple. The spore print is white.

It can sometimes form a cap when angled appropriately alongside the tree, appearing as both a shelf and a crust (a form called effused-reflexed).


Observations

September 27th, 2023 Indian Cave State Park
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)

434

habitat: Lignicolous (on wood)

growth habit: Gregarious (growing as a group)

Spore Print: white

DNA Barcode ITS:
GTCGTAACAAGGTTTCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGGAAGGATCATTATCGAGTTTTTGAAACGGGTTGTCGCTGGTCCCATTCTTAACAGAGTCGGGACATGTGCACACCTGGCTTCATTCCACTCTTCAACCCCTGTGCACTTGTTGTAGGTTTCAGGTCGGACGCGGGGCTTTCGACTTCATCGTCGAGAGCTTCAAGGAAAGCCTGAGCCTATGTTTTACTACACACACGCTTCAGTTATAGAATGTAAACATCGCGTATAACGCATTTTAAATACAACTTTCAGCAACGGATCTCTTGGCTCTCGCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAAATGCGATAAGTAATGTGAATTGCAGAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAATCTTTGAACGCACCTTGCGCTCCTTGGTATTCCGAGGAGCATGCCTGTTTGAGTGTCATGGAATTCTCAACCTTTGAAAGCTTTTATCGGTTCTCAAAGGCTTGGACTTGGAGGTCGTGTCGGCTCTGCAAAGAATATCGACTCCTCTGAAACGTATCAGTGCGAACCTTTACGGATCGTCTTCGGTGTGATAAACGTCTACGCCGTGGTCGTGAAGTATGATCGTGTCCGTGCTTCTAACCGTCTCCTTTGCGAGACAAAAACTGTGTTACTTACTATAAGTAACGTAGGCATTGACAATCTGACCTCAAATCAGGTAGGACTACCCGCTGAACTT
October 25th, 2023 Indian Cave State Park
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)

488

  • Growing on large fallen hardwood log (potentially Northern Red Oak).
  • Spore Print: white
DNA Barcode ITS:
GTCGTAACAAGGTTTCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGGAAGGATCATTATCGAGTTTTTGAAACGGGTTGTCGCTGGTCCCATTCTTAACAGAGTCGGGACATGTGCACACCTGGCTTCATTCCACTCTTCAACCCCTGTGCACTTGTTGTAGGTTTCAGGTCGGACGCGGGGCTTTCGACTTCATCGTCGAGAGCTTCAAGGAAAGCCTGAGCCTATGTTTTACTACACACACGCTTCAGTTATAGAATGTAAACATCGCGTATAACGCATTTTAAATACAACTTTCAGCAACGGATCTCTTGGCTCTCGCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAAATGCGATAAGTAATGTGAATTGCAGAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAATCTTTGAACGCACCTTGCGCTCCTTGGTATTCCGAGGAGCATGCCTGTTTGAGTGTCATGGAATTCTCAACCTTTGAAAGCTTTTATCGGTTCTCAAAGGCTTGGACTTGGAGGTCGTGTCGGCTCTGCAAAGAATATCGACTCCTCTGAAACGTATCAGTGCGAACCTTTACGGATCGTCTTCGGTGTGATAAACGTCTACGCCGTGGTCGTGAAGTATGATCGTGTCCGTGCTTCTAACCGTCTCCTTTGCGAGACAAAAACCGTGTTACTTACTATAAGTAACATAGGCATTGACAATCTGACCTCAAATCAGGTAGGACTACCCGCTGAACTT
November 14th, 2024 Schramm Park
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)

Not Collected. Growing on the underside of fallen hardwood log in mixed oak woodland.

November 21st, 2024 Indian Cave State Park
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)

Not collected

November 21st, 2024 Indian Cave State Park
Trembling Crust (Merulius tremellosus)

Not collected


References

Kuo, M. (2008, December). Phlebia tremellosa. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/phlebia_tremellosa.html

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