Peniophora cinerea

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Peniophora cinerea (Pers.) Cooke

This is a gray to pale lilac resupinate crust that is thin and attached tightly to recently detached hardwood limb substrates. Surface is generally smooth except for cracking. It is in the Peniophoraceae family if the Russulales order.