Sighting 4354639
Stereum hirsutum
Hairy Curtain Crust at Molonglo Valley, ACT
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| Stereum hirsutum | Heino1 | 3 Nov 2020 | |
| Stereum hirsutum | Heino1 | 3 Nov 2020 | |
| Unverified | Dominique | 2 Nov 2020 |
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User's notes
Is this a kind of brain fungi?
2 comments
3 Nov 2020
I can see why you thought of brain fungi. However, those are soft and more-or-less jelly like, without distinct upper and lower surfaces. In the genus Stereum you see leathery, shelf-like growths - in some species extending more than 5 centimetres out from the wood and often more-or-less flat. In Stereum hirsutum the 'shelves' are short and wavy and often folded downward. One thing in all Stereums is that the underside of the 'shelf' is smooth - no gills, no spines, no pores. In Stereum hirsutum the upper surface is markedly hairy (albeit with short hairs) - hence the 'hirsute' part of the name.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.080713-35.282922
- Maps National Arboretum Forests
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 2 Nov 2020 11:31 AM Recorded on
- Dominique Recorded by
Collections
- Dominique Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Stereum hirsutum Underside smooth or wrinkled/roughened <Stereum etc> Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood Fungi
Species information
- Stereum hirsutum Scientific name
- Hairy Curtain Crust Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1133m Recorded at altitude