Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.
(Hairy Curtain Crust)

Interactions where Stereum hirsutum is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live wood [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubslivewood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood [Broadleaved trees and shrubs] broadleaved trees and shrubs Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/Broadleaved trees and shrubsbroadleaved trees and shrubsdead, fallen, decayedwood
fruitbody fruitbody parasitises live wood PINOPSIDAQuestionable conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifers?livewood
fruitbody fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood PINOPSIDAQuestionable conifers Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifers?dead, fallen, decayedwood

Interactions where Stereum hirsutum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
basidiome is food source of plasmodium Badhamia utricularis a slime mould Physarida: Physaraceae The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland, Ing, B., 1999
/Protozoa/Amoebozoa/Myxogastrea/Physarida/Physaraceae/Badhamia utricularis/Badhamia utricularisa slime mouldplasmodium Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustbasidiome plasmodium feeds on basidiome
(live) live mycelium is parasitised by fruitbody Naematelia aurantia a brain fungus Tremellales: Tremellaceae Tremella mesenterica Common Name: Yellow Brain (and lookalike Tremella aurantia), Holden, L., 2013
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Naematelia aurantia/Naematelia aurantiaa brain fungusfruitbody Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustlivemycelium fruitbody parasitises live mycelium
(live) live fruitbody is parasitised by basidiome Tremella steidleri Brown Brain Tremellales: Tremellaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Tremella steidleri/Tremella steidleribrown brainbasidiome Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustlivefruitbody basidiome parasitises live fruitbody
basidiome (decayed) decayed basidiome is decayed by fruitbody UK/Ireland Boidinia peroxydata a basidiomycete fungus Russulales: Russulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Russulaceae/Boidinia peroxydata/Boidinia peroxydataa basidiomycete fungusfruitbody Fungus / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustdecayedbasidiome fruitbody is saprobic on decayed basidiome
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by crowded, subiculate perithecium Melanospora caprina an ascomycete Melanosporales: Ceratostomataceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Melanosporales/Ceratostomataceae/Melanospora caprina/Melanospora caprinaan ascomycetecrowded, subiculateperithecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbody crowded, subiculate perithecium parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by subiculate perithecium Major Hypomyces rosellus Pink Polypore Mould Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces rosellus/Hypomyces roselluspink polypore mouldsubiculateperithecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbodyMajor subiculate perithecium parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by Cladobotryum anamorph Major Hypomyces rosellus Pink Polypore Mould Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces rosellus/Hypomyces roselluspink polypore mouldCladobotryum anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbodyMajor Cladobotryum anamorph parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by subiculate perithecium Major Sphaerostilbella aureonitens a pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Sphaerostilbella aureonitens/Sphaerostilbella aureonitensa pyrenomycetesubiculateperithecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbodyMajor subiculate perithecium parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by Gliocladium anamorph Major Sphaerostilbella aureonitens a pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Sphaerostilbella aureonitens/Sphaerostilbella aureonitensa pyrenomyceteGliocladium anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbodyMajor Gliocladium anamorph parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by scattered or gregarious perithecium Sphaerostilbella berkeleyana a pyrenomycete Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Sphaerostilbella berkeleyana/Sphaerostilbella berkeleyanaa pyrenomycetescattered or gregariousperithecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustfruitbody scattered or gregarious perithecium parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody (decaying) decaying fruitbody is parasitised by gregarious or scattered, erumpent or superficial perithecium Helminthosphaeria corticiorum an ascomycete Sordariales: Helminthosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Sordariales/Helminthosphaeriaceae/Helminthosphaeria corticiorum/Helminthosphaeria corticioruman ascomycetegregarious or scattered, erumpent or superficialperithecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/Stereum hirsutumhairy curtain crustdecayingfruitbody gregarious or scattered, erumpent or superficial perithecium parasitises decaying fruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Holden, L., 2013Tremella mesenterica Common Name: Yellow Brain (and lookalike Tremella aurantia)https://sites.google.com/site/scottishfungi/species-profiles/tremella-mesenterica-ye
Ing, B., 1999The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland374pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)
GenusStereum (curtain crusts)
FamilySTEREACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Exell, A.W. 1925 An investigation of the hymenium of three species of Stereum TBMS Vol 10 (3): 207-215.

Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 39 images of Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)
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