Hairy Curtain Crust

Stereum hirsutum

Family: Stereaceae

Also called: Hairy Curtain Crust, Hairy Stereum

Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)
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Overview

Cosmopolitan yellow-orange crust with hairy upper surface on dead hardwood and conifer. Inedible.

Edibility
Edible
Rarity
common
Trophic mode
saprotrophic
Typical peak
Year-round

Season

Year-round — typical fruiting months: , Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.

Host trees & substrate

  • Dead standing oak snags and logs
  • Dead standing beech snags and logs
  • Dead standing maple snags and logs
  • Dead standing birch snags and logs

Where it grows

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