Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.
(Hairy Curtain Crust)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)
GenusStereum (curtain crusts)
FamilySTEREACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust) :
1: Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)
13 Nov 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on dead, fallen oak bough
Image 1: ColonyImage 2: Colony (2)Image 3: Colony (3)Image 4: FruitbodiesImage 5: Fruitbodies - top viewImage 6: Fruitbodies - top view (2)Image 7: Fruitbodies - top view (3)Image 8: Fruitbodies - undersidesImage 9: Fruitbodies - undersides (2)Image 10: Fruitbody - top view - very wetImage 11: Fruitbody - undersideImage 12: Fruitbody - underside (2)Image 13: Fruitbody margin - under side - enlargedImage 14: Fruitbody - resupinate - under side - enlargedImage 15: Fruitbody - resupinate - under side - enlarged (2)Image 16: Fruitbody - under side - damaged - enlargedImage 17: Spore print and iodine - enlarged - white backgroundImage 18: Spore print - scraped - enlarged - white backgroundImage 19: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 20: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (2)Image 21: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnified (3)Image 22: Hymenium - RS - magnifiedImage 23: Hymenium - RS - magnified (2)Image 24: Hymenium - TS - magnifiedImage 25: Hymenium - TS - magnified (2)Image 26: Hymenium - TS - magnified (3)Image 27: Hymenium - TS - magnified (4)Image 28: Spores - magnifiedImage 29: Spores - magnified (2)Image 30: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 31: Spores - highly magnified (2)Image 32: Superficial hyphae - magnifiedImage 33: Superficial hyphae - RS - magnified
2: Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)
10 Oct 2004 OSGR: TQ96 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ E Vice County: West Kent (VC 16) England
On dead, cut Cherry sections.
Image 1: Top view - close-upImage 2: Top view - close-up (2)Image 3: Underside - close-upImage 4: Underside - close-up (2)
3: Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)
26 Jan 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
on fallen wood
Image 1: Fruitbodies - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - under surface - close-up

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Exell, A.W. 1925 An investigation of the hymenium of three species of Stereum TBMS Vol 10 (3): 207-215.

Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)
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