Stereum hirsutum
{{Short description|Species of fungus}}
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| image = Striegeliger Schichtpilz-Stereum hirsutum-20191216-RM-150832.jpg
| genus = Stereum
| species = hirsutum
| authority = (Willd.) Pers. (1800)
| synonyms = Helvella acaulis Pers. (1778)
Auricularia reflexa Bull. (1786)
Thelephora hirsuta Willd. (1787)
Boletus auriformis Bolton (1788)
Auricularia aurantiaca Schumach. (1803)
Thelephora reflexa (Bull.) Lam. & DC. (1805)
Stereum hirsutum var. cristulatum Quél. (1872)
Stereum reflexum (Bull.) Sacc. (1916)
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| hymeniumType = smooth
| capShape = offset
| whichGills = decurrent
| stipeCharacter = NA
| sporePrintColor = white
| ecologicalType = saprotrophic
| howEdible = inedible
| ecologicalType2 = parasitic
| capShape2 = no
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Stereum hirsutum, commonly known as the false turkey tail,Thomas J. Volk. 2016 |[http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/nov2000.html Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for November 2000.] hairy stereum,{{cite book |last1=Arora |first1=David |title=Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi |date=1986 |publisher=Ten Speed Press |location=Berkeley |isbn=978-0-89815-169-5 |edition=Second}} or hairy curtain crust,{{cite journal |last1=Grass |first1=Josephine |last2=Pabst |first2=Martin |last3=Kolarich |first3=Daniel |last4=Pöltl |first4=Gerald |last5=Léonard |first5=Renaud |last6=Brecker |first6=Lothar |last7=Altmann |first7=Friedrich |title=Discovery and Structural Characterization of Fucosylated Oligomannosidic -Glycans in Mushrooms |journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry |date=25 February 2011 |volume=286 |issue=8 |pages=5977–5984 |doi=10.1074/jbc.M110.191304 |pmid=21169363 |pmc=3057827 |doi-access=free }} 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. The cap is {{Convert|1–5|cm|frac=8}} wide.{{Cite book|last1=Davis|first1=R. Michael|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/797915861|title=Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America|last2=Sommer|first2=Robert|last3=Menge|first3=John A.|publisher=University of California Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-520-95360-4|location=Berkeley|pages=311–312|oclc=797915861}} The flesh is thin and tough.{{Cite book |last=Audubon |title=Mushrooms of North America |publisher=Knopf |year=2023 |isbn=978-0-593-31998-7 |pages=166}} The spores and spore print are white.
= 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.USDA. 2009 [http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/new_allView.cfm?whichone=Nomenclature&thisName=Stereum%20hirsutum&fromallCount=true&organismtype=Fungus USDA Fungal Database: Stereum hirsutum database]{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
Ecology
It is a plant pathogen infecting peach trees. S. hirsutum is itself parasitised by species such as the fungus Tremella aurantia.C. Michael Hogan.[http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=50127 Witch's Butter: Tremella mesenterica, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed; N. Stromberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921064833/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=50127 |date=2012-09-21 }} 2009Species Fungorum. 2009. [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=189826 Synonymy: Stereum hirsutum]
References
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External links
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Category:Fungal tree pathogens and diseases
Category:Stone fruit tree diseases
Category:Fungi described in 1787
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