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
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Stereaceae
Genus: Stereum
Species:
S. 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

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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

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  1. ^ "sensu auct. brit." means "according to British authors".
  2. ^ a b "Stereum rameale". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18.
  3. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 319. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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Stereum rameale
 Smooth hymenium
 No distinct cap
 Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
 Lacks a stipe
   Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
 Edibility is inedible