Hairy curtain crust

Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Russulales: Stereaceae: Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.

Stereum hirsutum – hairy curtain crust

Synonyms: Auricularia aurantiaca, Auricularia laevis, Auricularia levis, Auricularia reflexa, Boletus auriformis, Corticium reisneri, Helvella acaulis, Stereum amoenum, Stereum aratae, Stereum hepaticum, Stereum kalchbrenneri, Stereum neuwirthii, Stereum ochraceum, Stereum persoonianum, Stereum rameale, Stereum reflexum, Stereum sarmienti, Thelephora hepatica, Thelephora hirsuta, Thelephora papyracea, Thelephora reflexa.

Common name: hairy curtain crust.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Stereum hirsutum, also called false turkey tail, is a fungus typically forming multiple brackets on dead wood. It is also a plant pathogen infecting peach trees. S. hirsutum is in turn parasitised by certain other species such as the fungus Tremella aurantia. Substrates for S. hirsutum include dead limbs and trunks of both hardwoods and conifers.

Catalan: Crosta de soca hirsuta, Czech: Pevník chlupatý, Estonian: Karvane nahkis, French: Stérée hirsute, German: Striegeliger Schichtpilz, Hungarian: Borostás réteggomba, Japanese: キウロコタケ, Lithuanian: Gauruotoji plutpintė, Polish: Skórnik szorstki, Serbian: Чупава поличица, Swedish: Raggskinn, Ukrainian: Стереум жорстковолосистий.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Tremella aurantia mushroom parasitizing common wood rotter <B>Stereum hirsutum</B> on a fallen oak in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-12-09.htm">December 9, 2017</A>

Tremella aurantia mushroom parasitizing common wood rotter Stereum hirsutum on a fallen oak in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 9, 2017

Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Tremella aurantia mushroom parasitizing common wood rotter <B>Stereum hirsutum</B> in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2017-12-22.htm">December 22, 2017</A>

Tremella aurantia mushroom parasitizing common wood rotter Stereum hirsutum in Hensel Park. College Station, Texas, December 22, 2017

Hensel Park DriveWay, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Hairy curtain crust mushrooms (<B>Stereum hirsutum</B>) growing from the ground on a recent cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-06-21.htm">June 21, 2018</A>

Hairy curtain crust mushrooms (Stereum hirsutum) growing from the ground on a recent cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2018

Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Underside of hairy curtain crust mushrooms (<B>Stereum hirsutum</B>) growing from the ground on a recent cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, <A HREF="../date-en/2018-06-21.htm">June 21, 2018</A>

Underside of hairy curtain crust mushrooms (Stereum hirsutum) growing from the ground on a recent cutting in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, June 21, 2018

Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA