Stereum hirsutum (Willd.) Pers.
Stereum hirsutum is commonly known as the ’False Turkey Tail’ (as is Stereum ostrea) and the ‘Hairy Curtain Crust’. It forms small sessile, resupinate and tiered shelf-like connected brackets on dead wood of both broadleaf trees and conifers. The upper surface is ruffled, rippled or undulate (the ‘curtain’ reference), and zoned in yellow-brown to orange-brown bands, and is covered in stiff coarse hairs (Hirsute = ‘hairy’). The margin is paler than the rest of the cap surface. The fertile surface below is smooth, and yellowish-brown to reddish-brown. Spore print is white. It is in the Stereaceae family of the Russulales.
Stereum hirsutum