🍄 Family

Stereaceae

9 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Russulales › Stereaceae

Stereum hirsutum is an inedible fungus that grows on dead wood, infects peaches, and is parasitized by other fungi.

Stereum sanguinolentum is a widespread crust fungus that causes brown heart rot in conifers, with red-bleeding injured fresh fruit bodies.

Stereum ochraceoflavum is a fungus that grows in groups on dead hardwood sticks and branches, with distinctive hairy capped fruiting bodies.

Stereum complicatum is an inedible fungus with texture changing by moisture, no distinct odour, taste, or flesh colour change when cut.

Stereum ostrea, also called false turkey-tail, is an inedible fungus found in Indonesia that grows on hardwoods.

Stereum lobatum is a fungus that grows on dead hardwood, found in Eastern North America and likely pantropical.

Xylobolus frustulatus is a perennial inedible crust fungus that grows on well-rotted oak wood, found across Europe, North America, and Asia.

Xylobolus subpileatus is a saproxylic wood-decay fungus that grows exclusively on fallen Quercus logs, found across four continents.

Aleurodiscus berggrenii is an endemic New Zealand fungus that grows on bark of southern beech branches.

Related Families

Russulaceae 112 species Bondarzewiaceae 7 species Hericiaceae 7 species Auriscalpiaceae 6 species Albatrellaceae 4 species Peniophoraceae 4 species Echinodontiaceae 1 species

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