- Source: Stereum hirsutum
Stereum hirsutum, commonly known as the false turkey tail, hairy stereum, or hairy curtain crust, 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. The flesh is thin and tough. The spores and spore print are white.
It is inedible.
= 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.
It is found throughout North America.
Ecology
It is a plant pathogen infecting peach trees. S. hirsutum is itself parasitised by species such as the fungus Tremella aurantia.
References
External links
Media related to Stereum hirsutum at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bisporella citrina
- Armillaria luteobubalina
- Stereum hirsutum
- Stereum
- Stereum rameale
- Stereum lobatum
- Stereum fasciatum
- Naematelia aurantia
- Trametes versicolor
- Stereaceae
- Naematelia aurantialba
- Tremella mesenterica
