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Chondrostereum

Notes

Corticioid fungi causing a white rot, with crust-like basidiocarps, often with a shelf-like margin.
Two species in New Zealand. The introduced C. purpureum causes silver blight of stone and pip fruits, while C. vesiculosum occurs on a wide range of native hosts, occassionally on introduced trees.

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 Chondrostereum purpureum  
 Chondrostereum vesiculosum