Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Species: Hymenochaete rubiginosa (Schrad.) Lév.
Synonyms: Auricularia ferrugineum
Helvella rubiginosa
Hymenochaete ferruginea
Stereum ferrugineum
Stereum rubiginosum
Common Name: Oak Curtain Crust
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Hymenochaete rubiginosaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (10)
Corylus avellana (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Woodland: mixed (3)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2)
Woodland: broadleaved (2)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Marsh/marshy grassland (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Fallen Tree (2)
Standing Dead Tree (2)
Branch (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Decorticated Wood (1)
Rotting Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (1)
February (2)
May (4)
July (1)
August (2)
September (2)
October (6)
November (1)