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Chondrostereum purpureum
Chondrostereum purpureum is a wood rotting fungus often found on old stumps and dead wood. This fungus forms leathery, lilac to deep purple patches with a white edge. Causes Silverleaf disease on the foliage of the plum, cherry, apple and other living trees.
found on a deed tree stump in a forest at Magnolia Springs State Park in Millen Georgia.
Spotted on Dec 30, 2014
Submitted on Dec 30, 2014
4 Comments
Thank you acreamoth99 for nice comment!
Thank you Mark for your expertise in helping to identify this fungus. The blue-black stuff looks like dead man’s fingers" and will list that as another spotting. Thanks again!
I'm pretty sure that purple stuff is a fungi... maybe Chondrostereum purpureum
That's a stunning pic mary! That blue-black stuff is also pretty cool.