Stereum Hill ex Pers.
(curtain crusts)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Stereum gausapatum
Bleeding Oak Crust
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 		Species 34 images
Stereum hirsutum
Hairy Curtain Crust
(Click to open)
 		Species 39 images 1 ident. refs
Stereum rugosum
Bleeding Broadleaf Crust
Fruitbody (Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Stereum sanguinolentum
Bleeding Conifer Crust, Red Rot (Of Conifers) - causative organism
Species 1 ident. refs
Stereum subtomentosum
Yellow Curtain Crust, Yellowing Curtain Crust
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 		Species 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L. 1984 The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 7 Schizopora - Suillosporium Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 7, Fungiflora

Stereum (curtain crusts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stereum (curtain crusts)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 80 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stereum (curtain crusts)
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