Stereum hirsutum
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Description
The fuzzy orangish fruiting bodies typically form in multiple brackets on dead wood.[2] The cap is Script error: No such module "convert". wide,[4] sometimes fused to form wider shelves.[2] 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
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- ↑ Thomas J. Volk. 2016 |Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for November 2000.
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- ↑ C. Michael Hogan.Witch's Butter: Tremella mesenterica, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed; N. Stromberg Template:Webarchive 2009
- ↑ Species Fungorum. 2009. Synonymy: Stereum hirsutum
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