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Hairy curtain crust

Stereum hirsutum

Description:

Individual brackets are 2 to 8cm across and have irregularly wavy edges. The colours, which are zoned and generally paler towards the margin, darken with age and vary considerably with location, but yellow, orange and brown are most common. There is no stem. The lower spore-bearing surface is smooth, without pores, and rather paler than the upper surface, it is less distinctly zoned. The flesh is 0.5 to 1 mm thick.

Habitat:

Stereum hirsutum is saprobic on dead hardwood trees and fallen branches, particularly oaks and beech. Very occasionally it seen on conifer timber.

Notes:

Spotted in Kroondomein Het Loo in rural area of Apeldoorn, Holland.(sources:see reference)

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2 Comments

Jae
Jae 9 years ago

Thank you again, Mark! Though small in size the bright colours of these fungi made them hard to miss.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Nice spotting again! I love the rich gold colour underneath these when they age.

Jae
Spotted by
Jae

Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands

Spotted on Oct 15, 2014
Submitted on Oct 21, 2014

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