Stereum rameale

Stereum rameale is a plant pathogen infecting peach trees. It is often found in tiers on the dead wood of broad-leaved trees.[2]

Stereum rameale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Basidiomycetes
Subclass:
Incertae sedis
Order:
Russulales
Family:
Stereaceae
Genus:
Stereum
Species:
Stereum rameale
Binomial name
Stereum rameale
(Schwein.) Burt, (1920)
Synonyms
  • Stereum complicatum sensu Nordic Macromycetes
  • Stereum hirsutum var. rameale (Schwein.) Berk., (1872)
  • Stereum ochraceoflavum sensu Julich [Kl. Kryptog. llb/1: 208 (1984)];
  • Stereum sulphuratum sensu auct. brit.;[1]
  • Thelephora hirsuta d ramealis Pers., (1801)
  • Thelephora ramealis Schwein., (1822)

Description

The species is thin, elastic and tough when moist, hard and brittle when dry. No distinctive odour or taste. No change in flesh colour when cut.[2] It is inedible.[3]

References
  1. "sensu auct. brit." means "according to British authors".
  2. http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/stereum-rameale
  3. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 319. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
Stereum rameale
smooth hymenium
no distinct cap
hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
lacks a stipe
ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
edibility: inedible


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