| Phylum: Basidiomycota | Class: Basidiomycetes |
| Order: Stereales | Family: Stereaceae |
| Species: Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Gray | |
| Synonyms: |
Auricularia reflexa Boletus auriformis Stereum hirsutum var. cristulatum Stereum hirsutum var. subcostatum Thelephora hirsuta |
| Common Name: | Hairy Curtain Crust |
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| Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Corylus avellana (35) Fagus sylvatica (34) Quercus petraea (33) Quercus (20) Alnus glutinosa (17) Betula pubescens (8) Quercus robur (6) Crataegus monogyna (5) Acer pseudoplatanus (4) Betula (4) Picea sitchensis (4) Betula pendula (3) Prunus laurocerasus (3) Fraxinus excelsior (2) Ulmus glabra (2) Ilex aquifolium (1) Pinus sylvestris (1) Rhododendron ponticum (1) Salix (1) Salix aurita (1) Salix cinerea (1) |
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| Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (48) Woodland: mixed (20) Woodland: broadleaved (11) Woodland: mixed, plantation (11) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (10) Parkland and scattered trees (9) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Built up area, domestic (5) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (5) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (5) Boundaries: defunct hedge (4) Scrub (4) Woodland (4) Woodland: plantation (4) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (3) Rowan-birch woods (3) Mire: lowland raised bog, bare peat (2) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (2) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2) Alnus glutinosa-Urtica dioica woodland (1) Bog (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Built-up areas (1) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Hazel-birch woods (1) Improved grassland (1) Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Mire: upland raised bog, bog vegetation with Sphagnum (1) Neutral grassland (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural, high forest (1) |
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| Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Dead Wood (54) Branch (37) Tree (36) Fallen Branch (26) Stump (15) Fallen Tree (12) Wood (9) Dead Branch (6) Log (4) Standing Dead Tree (4) Cut Trunk (3) Soil Needle (3) Rotting Wood (2) Sawn Wood (2) Soil Leaves (2) Twig (2) Fallen log (1) Fallen Wood (1) Soil Mossy (1) Standing Dead Branch (1) |
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| Months recorded in & number of records: January (19) February (22) March (8) April (23) May (31) June (14) July (21) August (17) September (39) October (88) November (33) December (21) |
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