Stereum subtomentosum

Yellowing curtain crust.

Distinctly zonated fruit bodies on oak in Epping Forest, UK.
Distinctly zonated fruit bodies on oak in Epping Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Epping Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Sawbridgeworth, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on fallen wood in Pitsea, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Basildon, UK.

Distinctly zonated fruit bodies on oak in Epping Forest, UK.
Distinctly zonated fruit bodies on oak in Epping Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Epping Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Sawbridgeworth, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on fallen wood in Pitsea, UK.
Fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Fruit bodies on oak in Basildon, UK.

Common name

Yellowing curtain crust.

Often found on

Beech and oak.

Sometimes found on

A wide variety of broadleaved 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 sometimes hairy and concentrically zoned with whites, greys, greens, browns, and beiges. Pore surface smooth and pale and bruises yellow when bruised or scratched with a blade. Varied appearance and morphology.

Confused with

Stereum hirsutum (pore surface does not bruise), Trametes versicolor (visible white pores).

Significance

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