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

Synonyms:

Auricularia aurantiaca Auricularia reflexa Boletus auriformis Crawen Flewog Hairy Stereum Helvella acaulis stereum molach stereuman molach Thelephora hirsuta

Common Name:

Hairy Curtain Crust

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (69) Quercus (39) Corylus avellana (38) Quercus petraea (34) Alnus glutinosa (17) Quercus robur (10) Betula pubescens (9) Crataegus monogyna (6) Acer pseudoplatanus (4) Picea sitchensis (4) Prunus laurocerasus (4) Betula (3) Betula pendula (3) Ulmus glabra (2) Salix (2) Acer (2) Quercus suber (1) Rhododendron ponticum (1) Salix cinerea (1) Salix aurita (1) Larix (1) Ilex aquifolium (1) Fraxinus excelsior (1) Chlorophyta (1) Castanea sativa (1) Pinus sylvestris (1) Quercus ilex (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (52) 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) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (9) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (8) Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (6) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6) Boundaries: defunct hedge (5) Built up area, domestic (5) Scrub (4) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (4) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4) Woodland: plantation (4) 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 (19) Fallen Tree (13) Fallen Branch (9) Dead Branch (7) 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 (28) February (25) March (16) April (23) May (39) June (15) July (25) August (41) September (60) October (118) November (40) December (25)