| Stereum hirsutum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Helvella acaulis Pers. (1778) | |
Stereum hirsutum Mycological characteristics | |
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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, hairy stereum, or hairy curtain crust, is a species of fungus and a plant pathogen that infects peach trees.
Description
The fuzzy orangish fruiting bodies typically form in multiple brackets on dead wood. The cap is 1–5 centimetres (3⁄8–2 in) wide. The flesh is thin and tough. The spores and spore print are white.
It is inedible.
Similar species
Similar species include Stereum rameale, S. ostrea, and Trametes versicolor.
Habitat and distribution
Its substrates include dead limbs and trunks of both hardwoods and conifers.
It is found throughout North America.
Ecology
It is a plant pathogen infecting peach trees. S. hirsutum is itself parasitised by species such as the fungus Tremella aurantia.
References
- Thomas J. Volk. 2016 |Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for November 2000.
- Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- USDA. 2009 USDA Fungal Database: Stereum hirsutum database
- C. Michael Hogan.Witch's Butter: Tremella mesenterica, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed; N. Stromberg Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine 2009
- Species Fungorum. 2009. Synonymy: Stereum hirsutum
External links
Media related to Stereum hirsutum at Wikimedia Commons
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Stereum hirsutum |
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| Thelephora hirsuta | |
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