Stereum hirsutum
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.
| Stereum hirsutum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Stereaceae |
| Genus: | Stereum |
| Species: | S. hirsutum |
| Binomial name | |
| Stereum hirsutum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helvella acaulis Pers. (1778) | |
| Stereum hirsutum | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
The cap is 1–4 cm wide. The spores are white. It is inedible.
Similar species include Stereum ochraceoflavum, Stereum ostrea, and Trametes versicolor.