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hairy curtain crust

Stereum hirsutum
Also known as: hairy curtain crust, false turkey-tail
Botanical Overview

Stereum hirsutum, also called false turkey tail and hairy curtain crust, 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. Substrates for S. hirsutum include dead limbs and trunks of both hardwoods and conifers.The cap is 1–4 cm wide. The spores are white. It is inedible.Similar species include Stereum ochraceoflavum, Stereum ostrea, and Trametes versicolor.

Classification

Scientific Taxonomy

Kingdom Fungi Phylum Basidiomycota Class Agaricomycetes Order Russulales Family Stereaceae Genus Stereum
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