Habitat and Range
Peniophora quercina (AZ, CA, NY) is thicker and has a margin that is loose and often somewhat rolled upward, the erect marginal zone being caused by a microscopically distinguishable basal layer, (Breitenbach). Peniophora carnea is rare and has cystidia with large crystalline masses, (Burt). See also SIMILAR section of Peniophora decorticans.on fallen branches of hardwoods, less often on dead hanging branches or on fallen logs, never seen on conifers, (Eriksson for Scandinavia), on bark of dead branch; bark of fallen limb; pulpwood; associated with a white rot, on Abies (fir), Acer (maple), Alnus (alder), Amelanchier (serviceberry), Arbutus (madrone), Arctium (burdock), Betula (birch), Carya (hickory), Cercocarpus (mountain mahogany), Cornus (dogwood), Corylus (hazel), Cotoneaster, Eucalyptus, Fagus (beech), Fraxinus (ash), Holodiscus (oceanspray), Juglans (walnut), Lagerstroemia (crape myrtle), Liquidambar, Malus, Picea (spruce), Pinus (pine), Populus, Prunus, Pseudotsuga (Douglas-fir), Purshia, Quercus (oak), Rhus, Rubus, Salix (willow), Symphoricarpos, Syringa, Tilia (basswood), Ulmus (elm), Vitis (grape), Weigelia, (Ginns), "on dead hardwoods, on trunks and branches of Fagus (beech) and Corylus (hazel) and others, with and without bark and both fallen and standing or attached respectively", (Breitenbach for Switzerland), especially sycamore and beech; all year (Buczacki)