Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales	Family: Stereaceae
Species: Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.

Synonyms:

Auricularia aurantiaca Auricularia reflexa Boletus auriformis Helvella acaulis Thelephora hirsuta

Common Name:

Hairy Curtain Crust

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (67) Corylus avellana (38) Quercus (36) Quercus petraea (34) Alnus glutinosa (17) Betula pubescens (9) Quercus robur (8) Crataegus monogyna (6) Acer pseudoplatanus (4) Picea sitchensis (4) Betula (3) Betula pendula (3) Prunus laurocerasus (3) Ulmus glabra (2) Salix (2) Acer (2) Salix aurita (1) Quercus ilex (1) Salix cinerea (1) Quercus suber (1) Pinus sylvestris (1) Larix (1) Ilex aquifolium (1) Fraxinus excelsior (1) Chlorophyta (1) Castanea sativa (1) Rhododendron ponticum (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (49) Woodland and scrub (29) Parkland and scattered trees (18) Woodland: mixed (18) Woodland (17) Woodland: broadleaved (11) Woodland: mixed, plantation (11) Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (10) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (6) Boundaries: defunct hedge (5) Built up area, domestic (5) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (4) Scrub (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (4) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4) Woodland: plantation (4) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3) Rowan-birch woods (3) Mire: lowland raised bog, bare peat (2) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (2) Alnus glutinosa-Urtica dioica woodland (1) Bog (1) Bog: raised (1) Boundaries: defunct hedge, species-poor (1) Boundaries: hedge with trees (1) Fraxinus excelsior-Sorbus aucuparia-Mercurialis perennis woo (1) Grassland and marsh (1) Grassland: acidic, unimproved, lowland (1) Hazel-birch woods (1) Improved grassland (1) Lowland hazel-sessile oakwoods (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Mire: upland raised bog, bog vegetation with Sphagnum (1) Neutral grassland (1) Neutral grassland: unimproved (1) Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Oxalis acetosella woodland (1) Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Wood (60) Dead Wood (59) Branch (44) Tree (29) Log (23) Stump (18) Fallen Tree (12) Dead Branch (7) Fallen Branch (5) Cut Trunk (4) Standing Dead Tree (4) Fallen log (3) Soil Needle (3) Fallen Wood (2) Rotting Wood (2) Sawn Wood (2) Soil Leaves (2) Twig (2) Fallen Twig (1) Leaf Litter (1) Standing Dead Branch (1) Stump, cut (1) Trunk, fallen (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (27) February (21) March (14) April (23) May (38) June (15) July (25) August (40) September (57) October (111) November (38) December (22)