Stereum hirsutum

Stereum hirsutum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Stereaceae
Genus:	Stereum
Species:	S. hirsutum
Binomial name
	Stereum hirsutum; (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)

Stereum hirsutum, also called False Turkey Tail,^[1] 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.^[2]^[3] Substrates for S. hirsutum include dead limbs and trunks of both hardwoods and conifers.^[4]

References

^ Thomas J. Volk. 2016 |Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for November 2000.
^ C. Michael Hogan.Witch's Butter: Tremella mesenterica, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed; N. Stromberg 2009
^ Species Fungorum. 2009. Synonymy: Stereum hirsutum
^ USDA. 2009 USDA Fungal Database: Stereum hirsutum database

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[1] Thomas J. Volk. 2016 |Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for November 2000.

[2] C. Michael Hogan.Witch's Butter: Tremella mesenterica, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed; N. Stromberg 2009

[3] Species Fungorum. 2009. Synonymy: Stereum hirsutum

[4] USDA. 2009 USDA Fungal Database: Stereum hirsutum database

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