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 hirsutum	hairy curtain crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		live	wood
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 hirsutum	hairy curtain crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Broadleaved trees and shrubs	broadleaved trees and shrubs		dead, fallen, decayed	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody parasitises live wood			PINOPSIDA	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 hirsutum	hairy curtain crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers	?	live	wood
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed wood			PINOPSIDA	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 hirsutum	hairy curtain crust				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers	?	dead, fallen, decayed	wood

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 utricularis	a slime mould				plasmodium	Fungus / feeder			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust				basidiome				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 aurantia	a brain fungus				fruitbody	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust		live		mycelium				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 steidleri	brown brain				basidiome	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust		live		fruitbody				basidiome parasitises live fruitbody
basidiome (decayed)		decayed basidiome is decayed by fruitbody			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 peroxydata	a basidiomycete fungus				fruitbody	Fungus / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust		decayed	basidiome					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 caprina	an ascomycete		crowded, subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust			fruitbody					crowded, subiculate perithecium parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody is parasitised by subiculate perithecium			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 rosellus	pink polypore mould		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust			fruitbody		Major			subiculate perithecium parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody is parasitised by Cladobotryum anamorph			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 rosellus	pink polypore mould				Cladobotryum anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust			fruitbody		Major			Cladobotryum anamorph parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody is parasitised by subiculate perithecium			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 aureonitens	a pyrenomycete		subiculate		perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust			fruitbody		Major			subiculate perithecium parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody		fruitbody is parasitised by Gliocladium anamorph			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 aureonitens	a pyrenomycete				Gliocladium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust			fruitbody		Major			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 berkeleyana	a pyrenomycete		scattered or gregarious		perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust			fruitbody					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 corticiorum	an ascomycete		gregarious or scattered, erumpent or superficial		perithecium	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum hirsutum/	Stereum hirsutum	hairy curtain crust		decaying	fruitbody					gregarious or scattered, erumpent or superficial perithecium parasitises decaying fruitbody

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998	Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Holden, L., 2013	Tremella mesenterica Common Name: Yellow Brain (and lookalike Tremella aurantia)	https://sites.google.com/site/scottishfungi/species-profiles/tremella-mesenterica-ye
Ing, B., 1999	The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland	374pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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

FUNGI
(true fungi)

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

Stereum
(curtain crusts)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Corticioid fungi
(whitewash fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)
Genus	Stereum (curtain crusts)
Family	STEREACEAE (a family of fungi)
Order	RUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Stereum hirsutum is also a member of:
Corticioid fungi - whitewash fungi (via Stereaceae)
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Russulales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stereum hirsutum (Hairy Curtain Crust)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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:

Stereum
(curtain crusts)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Corticioid fungi
(whitewash fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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

Stereum
(curtain crusts)

RUSSULALES
(an order of toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Corticioid fungi
(whitewash fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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