Stereum hirsutum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Stereaceae |
Genus: | Stereum |
Species: | S. hirsutum
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Binomial name | |
Stereum hirsutum | |
Synonyms | |
Helvella acaulis Pers. (1778) |
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 fungus typically forming multiple brackets on dead wood. It is also a plant pathogen infecting peach trees. S. hirsutum is in turn parasitised by certain other species such as the fungus Tremella aurantia.[4][5] Substrates for S. hirsutum include dead limbs and trunks of both hardwoods and conifers.[6]
The cap is 1–4 cm wide.[7] The spores are white.[7] It is inedible.[7]
Similar species include Stereum ochraceoflavum, Stereum ostrea, and Trametes versicolor.[7]