Biology:Stereum rameale

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Short description: Species of fungus


Stereum rameale
Stereum rameale 1.jpg
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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)

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

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.And otherwise know as Crowded Parchment as per the National Audubon Society(cite?) .[2] It is inedible.[3]

References

  1. "sensu auct. brit." means "according to British authors".
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Just a moment". 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. https://archive.org/details/mushroomsotherfu0000phil. 

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Stereum rameale
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Mycological characteristics
smooth hymenium
no distinct cap
hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
lacks a stipe
ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
edibility: inedible

Wikidata ☰ Q5236312 entry