Stereum hirsutum
| Stereum hirsutum | |
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| File:Striegeliger Schichtpilz-Stereum hirsutum-20191216-RM-150832.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this 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 | |
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Helvella acaulis Pers. (1778) | |
| Stereum hirsutum | |
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| File:Smooth icon.png | Smooth hymenium |
| File:Offset cap icon.svg File:No cap icon.svg | Cap is offset or indistinct |
| File:Decurrent gills icon2.svg | Hymenium is decurrent |
| File:NA cap icon.svg | Lacks a stipe |
| Spore print is white | |
| File:Saprotrophic fungus.svg File:Parasitic fungus.svg | Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic |
| File:Mycomorphbox Inedible.png | 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
The fuzzy orangish fruiting bodies typically form in multiple brackets on dead wood. The cap is 1–5 centimetres (3⁄8–2 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
Similar species include Stereum rameale, S. ostrea, and Trametes versicolor.[4][5]
Habitat and distribution
Its substrates include dead limbs and trunks of both hardwoods and conifers.[6] It is found throughout North America.[5]
Ecology
It is a plant pathogen infecting peach trees. S. hirsutum is itself parasitised by species such as the fungus Tremella aurantia.[7][8]
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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 166. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ↑ USDA. 2009 USDA Fungal Database: Stereum hirsutum database[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 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
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Stereum hirsutum at Wikimedia Commons
