Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Russulales 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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Stereum hirsutumPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Acer pseudoplatanus (1)
Alnus glutinosa (1)
Beech (1)
Betula (1)
Betula pendula (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Corylus avellana (1)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Fagus sylvatica (1)
Fraxinus excelsior (1)
Ilex aquifolium (1)
Picea sitchensis (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Prunus laurocerasus (1)
Quercus (1)
Quercus petraea (1)
Quercus robur (1)
Rhododendron ponticum (1)
Salix (1)
Salix aurita (1)
Salix cinerea (1)
Ulmus glabra (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (47)
Woodland: mixed (20)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (15)
Parkland and scattered trees (13)
Woodland: broadleaved (10)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (10)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8)
Built up area, domestic (5)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (5)
Woodland (5)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (4)
Scrub (4)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (4)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4)
Woodland: plantation (4)
Rowan-birch woods (3)
Built-up areas (2)
Mire: lowland raised bog, bare peat (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2)
Acid grassland: unimproved (1)
Alnus glutinosa-Urtica dioica woodland (1)
Bog (1)
Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (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)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (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)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Bark (1)
Branch (1)
Cut Trunk (1)
Dead Branch (1)
Dead Wood (1)
Fallen Branch (1)
Fallen log (1)
Fallen Tree (1)
Fallen Wood (1)
Log (1)
Rotting Wood (1)
Sawn Wood (1)
Soil Leaves (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Soil Needle (1)
Standing Dead Branch (1)
Standing Dead Tree (1)
Stump (1)
Tree (1)
Twig (1)
Wood (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (18)
February (22)
March (10)
April (23)
May (33)
June (11)
July (21)
August (22)
September (40)
October (79)
November (35)
December (22)