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Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)

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Stereum hirsutum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Stereaceae
Genus: Stereum
Species:
S. hirsutum
Binomial name
Stereum hirsutum
(Willd.) Pers. (1800)
Synonyms

Helvella acaulis Pers. (1778)
Auricularia reflexa Bull. (1786)
Thelephora hirsuta Willd. (1787)
Boletus auriformis Bolton (1788)
Auricularia aurantiaca Schumach. (1803)
Thelephora reflexa (Bull.) Lam. & DC. (1805)
Stereum hirsutum var. cristulatum Quél. (1872)
Stereum reflexum (Bull.) Sacc. (1916)

Stereum hirsutum
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Smooth hymenium
Cap is offset or indistinct
Hymenium is decurrent
Lacks a stipe
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
Edibility is inedible

Stereum hirsutum, commonly known as the false turkey tail,[1] hairy stereum,[2] or hairy curtain crust,[3] is a species of fungus and a plant pathogen that infects peach trees.

Description

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The fuzzy orangish fruiting bodies typically form in multiple brackets on dead wood. The cap is 1–5 centimetres (38–2 in) wide.[4] The flesh is thin and tough.[5] The spores and spore print are white.[4][5]

It is inedible.[4]

Similar species

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Similar species include Stereum rameale, S. ostrea, and Trametes versicolor.[4][5]

Habitat and distribution

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Its substrates include dead limbs and trunks of both hardwoods and conifers.[6]

It is found throughout North America.[5]

Ecology

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It is a plant pathogen infecting peach trees. S. hirsutum is itself parasitised by species such as the fungus Tremella aurantia.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Thomas J. Volk. 2016 |Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for November 2000.
  2. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  3. ^ Grass, Josephine; Pabst, Martin; Kolarich, Daniel; Pöltl, Gerald; Léonard, Renaud; Brecker, Lothar; Altmann, Friedrich (25 February 2011). "Discovery and Structural Characterization of Fucosylated Oligomannosidic -Glycans in Mushrooms". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286 (8): 5977–5984. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.191304. PMC 3057827. PMID 21169363.
  4. ^ a b c d Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 311–312. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
  5. ^ a b c d Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
  6. ^ USDA. 2009 USDA Fungal Database: Stereum hirsutum database[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ C. Michael Hogan.Witch's Butter: Tremella mesenterica, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed; N. Stromberg Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine 2009
  8. ^ Species Fungorum. 2009. Synonymy: Stereum hirsutum
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