Stereum hirsutum

Hairy curtain crust.

Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on aspen in Brentwood, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Rochford, UK.
Fruit bodies on sweet chestnut in Billericay, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Rochford, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Rochford, UK.
Fruit bodies on aspen in Brentwood, UK.
Fruit bodies on aspen in Brentwood, UK.
The pore surface of the fruit bodies.

Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on aspen in Brentwood, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Rochford, UK.
Fruit bodies on sweet chestnut in Billericay, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Rochford, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Rochford, UK.
Fruit bodies on aspen in Brentwood, UK.
Fruit bodies on aspen in Brentwood, UK.
The pore surface of the fruit bodies.

Common name

Hairy curtain crust.

Often found on

A wide variety of broadleaved tree species.

Sometimes found on

A wide variety of coniferous tree species.

Location

Found across the entire structure of the tree including on fallen trees and tree parts.

Description

Annual . Tough but flexible. Individually small but occurring usually in very busy clusters of overlapping tiers of brackets. Upper surface often hairy and concentrically zoned with yellows, oranges, reds, and browns. Pore surface smooth and yellow-brown. Varied appearance and morphology.

Confused with

Stereum subtomentosum (bruises yellow on pore surface), Trametes versicolor (visible white pores).

Significance

Considered saprotrophic. Attributes to a white rot of the wood substrate. Indicative of dysfunctional areas on living trees.