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  • Ref No: 8936
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    Stereum striatum2 Mushroom
    Ref No: 8937
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    location: North America, Europe
    edibility: Inedible
    fungus colour: White to cream, Brown, Grey to beige
    normal size: 5-15cm
    cap type: Other
    stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
    flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass)
    spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
    habitat: Grows on wood

    Stereum striatum (Fr.) Fr. Bracket 0.5-3cm across, flat and round, fan-shaped, or sometimes conical if small; whitish, silvery, pale gray, or buff; dry with long silky radiating hairs. Fertile surface buff to pale brown or yellowish buff to brown, fading to whitish in age; smooth, sometimes concentrically zoned. Stem none or present as small umbo on cap. Flesh very thin, tough and pliant when fresh. Spores cylindrical, smooth, 6-8.5 x 2-3.5µ. Deposit white. Habitat often fused laterally to form lines up to 10cm long, in groups or masses on twigs and dead branches of hardwoods, especially hornbeam. Found in Europe and widely distributed in central and northeastern North America. Season all year. Not edible.

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