Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales	Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Species: Hymenochaete rubiginosa (Dicks.) Lév.

Synonyms:

Auricularia ferruginea Auricularia ferrugineum Helvella rubiginosa Hymenochaete ferruginea Stereum ferrugineum Stereum rubiginosum

Common Name:

Oak Curtain Crust

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Quercus (20) Corylus avellana (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland (7) Woodland and scrub (6) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3) Woodland: mixed (3) Neutral grassland: semi-improved (2) Woodland: broadleaved (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Built up area, domestic (1) Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1) Marsh/marshy grassland (1) Neutral grassland (1) Parkland and scattered trees (1) Scrub (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Log (7) Fallen Tree (3) Dead Wood (2) Standing Dead Tree (2) Branch (1) Dead Branch (1) Decorticated Wood (1) Rotting Wood (1) Soil Grassy (1) Stump (1) Trunk, fallen (1) Wood (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (4) February (1) March (3) May (4) June (2) July (1) August (3) September (2) October (15) November (3)