Coltricia perennis (L.) Murrill 1903

Foodplant / mycorrhiza
fruitbody of Coltricia perennis is mycorrhizal with live root of Calluna vulgaris

Foodplant / mycorrhiza
fruitbody of Coltricia perennis is mycorrhizal with live root of Ulex europaeus

Foodplant / mycorrhiza
fruitbody of Coltricia perennis is mycorrhizal with live root of Pinus
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / mycorrhiza
fruitbody of Coltricia perennis is mycorrhizal with live root of Broadleaved trees
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / mycorrhiza
fruitbody of Coltricia perennis is mycorrhizal with live root of Betula
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / mycorrhiza
fruitbody of Coltricia perennis is mycorrhizal with live root of Castanea sativa
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / mycorrhiza
fruitbody of Coltricia perennis is mycorrhizal with live root of Fagus
Other: minor host/prey

Foodplant / mycorrhiza
fruitbody of Coltricia perennis is mycorrhizal with live root of Quercus
Other: minor host/prey

Coltricia perennis (I..) Murrill, Jour. Myc. 9 : 91. 1903
Bolehis peremiis I,. Sp. PI. 1177. 1753. Boletus co7'iacetts Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2. 2 : 465. 1772. Boletus subiomentosus Bolt. Hist. Fung. 2 : 87. pi. 87. 1788. Boletus confluens Schum. Enum. PI. Saell. 2 : 378. 1803. Polyporus perennis 'Bx'x^^, Syst. Myc. 1: 350. 1821. Coltricia connata S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. PI. 1 : 644. 1821. Polysticius perennis Karst. Rev. Myc. 3^ : 18. 1881. Pelloporus perennis Qu^l. Ench. Fung. 166. 1886.
Pileus coriaceous, circular, infundibuUform, 3-6 cm. broad, 1.5-3 mm. thick; surface zonate, short-tomentose, substriate, ferruginous to cinereous, the zones sometimes glabrous and chestnut-colored; margin very thin, entire to lacerate, inflexed when dry: context very thin, concolorous, scarcely a mm. thick; tubes short, grayish -umbr in ous vnthin, 1-3 mm. long, mouths small, angular, 2-4 to a mm., whitish when young, becoming fulvous, edges thin, dentate to lacerate, soon collapsing: spores ovoid, smooth, pale yellowishbrown, 4-6 X 2-3.5 /i: stipe bulbous and often united with that of neighboring plants at the base, tapering upward, velvety, ferruginous to fulvous, solid, corky, 3-5 cm. long, 2-S mm. thick.
Type locality : Sweden.
Habitat : Dry exposed soil in woods, especially where fires have been kindled.
Distribution : Temperate regions of the northern hemisphere ; south in the United States to Virginia.