About Peniophora cinerea (Pers.) Cooke
Peniophora cinerea (Pers.) Cooke is a fungus species belonging to the family Peniophoraceae. It acts as a plant pathogen that infects black walnut (Juglans nigra). Christiaan Hendrik Persoon first described this organism as a member of the genus Corticium in 1797. Mordecai Cubitt Cooke reclassified it, moving it to the genus Peniophora, in 1879. This fungus occurs in Asia and North America.