Species of fungus
Species of fungus
Stereum hirsutum false turkey tail ,[ 1] hairy stereum ,[ 2] hairy curtain crust ,[ 3] 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 [ 4] [ 5] spore print are white.[ 4] [ 5]
It is inedible.[ 4]
Similar species
Similar species include Stereum rameale S. ostrea 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 . ^ a b c d Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America University of California Press . pp. 311–312. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4 OCLC 797915861 . ^ a b c d 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. StrombergArchived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine 2009
^ Species Fungorum. 2009. Synonymy: Stereum hirsutum
External links
Stereum hirsutum Thelephora hirsuta
