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Members of this family all grow on rotting wood and tend to form very simple fruiting bodies (simple sheets). A microscope is generally needed to identify many of them.  
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Genus: Gloeoporus  
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Species: Gloeoporus phlebophorus
Found high in a dead tree that was just below the snow line.		 More images
Found: Nothofagus Forests
Substrate: Wood
Spore: ?
Height: 80 mm
Width: 75 mm
Season: Autumn
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Genus: Chondrostereum  
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Species: Chondrostereum purpureum (Pers.) Pouzar
A very common fungus that causes silver leaf disease which destroy many fruit and ornamental tree. The hymenial surface is purplish and the upper surface where exposed is greyish.
 More imagesChondrostereum purpureum
Common Name: Violet Crust
Found: Mixed Forest
Substrate: Wood
Spore: ?
Height: 5 mm
Width: 30 mm
Season:
Edible: No
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