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 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.^[1] Substrates for S. hirsutum include dead limbs and trunks of both hardwoods and conifers.^[2]

References

• C. Michael Hogan, Witch's Butter: Tremella mesenterica, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed; N. Stromberg
• Species Fungorum. 2009. Synonymy: Stereum hirsutum
• USDA. 2009, USDA Fungal Database: Stereum hirsutum database

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