Stereum hirsutum

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Template:Short description Template:SpeciesboxTemplate:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox". 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 coniferous and deciduous trees.

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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  1. Thomas J. Volk. 2016 |Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for November 2000.
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  7. C. Michael Hogan.Witch's Butter: Tremella mesenterica, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed; N. Stromberg Template:Webarchive 2009
  8. Species Fungorum. 2009. Synonymy: Stereum hirsutum

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