Stereum Hill ex Pers.
(curtain crusts)

Interactions where Stereum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live mycelium is parasitised by basidiocarp Phaeotremella foliacea Leafy Brain Tremellales: Tremellaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Tremellomycetes/Tremellales/Tremellaceae/Phaeotremella foliacea/Phaeotremella foliacealeafy brainbasidiocarp Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivemycelium basidiocarp parasitises live mycelium
fruitbody fruitbody may contain larva UK/Ireland Cis bidentatus a small fungus beetle Coleoptera: Ciidae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bidentatus/Cis bidentatusa small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustsfruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody may contain larva UK/Ireland Cis bilamellatus a small fungus beetle Coleoptera: Ciidae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis bilamellatus/Cis bilamellatusa small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustsfruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody may contain larva UK/Ireland Cis castaneus a small fungus beetle Coleoptera: Ciidae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis castaneus/Cis castaneusa small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustsfruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody may contain larva UK/IrelandMajor Cis festivus a small fungus beetle Coleoptera: Ciidae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis festivus/Cis festivusa small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustsfruitbodyMajor larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody may contain larva UK/IrelandMajor Cis pygmaeus a small fungus beetle Coleoptera: Ciidae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Cis pygmaeus/Cis pygmaeusa small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustsfruitbodyMajor larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody may contain larva UK/Ireland Ennearthron cornutum a small fungus beetle Coleoptera: Ciidae The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impact, Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Ciidae/Ennearthron cornutum/Ennearthron cornutuma small fungus beetlelarva Fungus / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustsfruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by gregarious apothecium Pyrenopeziza kolaensis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Pyrenopeziza kolaensis/Pyrenopeziza kolaensisa discomycetegregariousapothecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustsfruitbody gregarious apothecium parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by apothecium Cistellina stereicola a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Cistellina stereicola/Cistellina stereicolaa discomyceteapothecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustsfruitbody apothecium parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of larva II UK/Ireland Hoplothrips pedicularius Curtain Crust Thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripslarva II Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (1-12)larva II feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of larva V UK/Ireland Hoplothrips pedicularius Curtain Crust Thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripslarva V Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (5-7)larva V feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of male macropter UK/Ireland Hoplothrips pedicularius Curtain Crust Thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsmale macropter Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (6-8)male macropter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of female macropter UK/Ireland Hoplothrips pedicularius Curtain Crust Thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsfemale macropter Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (3-7)female macropter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of male micropter UK/Ireland Hoplothrips pedicularius Curtain Crust Thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsmale micropter Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (1-9)male micropter feeds on live fruitbody
fruitbody (live) live fruitbody is food source of female micropter UK/Ireland Hoplothrips pedicularius Curtain Crust Thrips Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Phlaeothripidae/Hoplothrips pedicularius/Hoplothrips pediculariuscurtain crust thripsfemale micropter Fungus / feederUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Stereaceae/Stereum/Stereumcurtain crustslivefruitbody (1-9)female micropter feeds on live fruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Orledge, G.M., Smith, P.A. & Reynolds, S.E., 2010The non-pest Australasian fungivore Cis bilamellatus Wood (Coleoptera: Ciidae) in northern Europe: spread dynamics, invasion success and ecological impactBiological Invasions Vol 12: 515-530.

Stereum (curtain crusts) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stereum (curtain crusts) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 4 trophisms
Species 15 trophisms 1 references
Species 12 trophisms
Species 8 trophisms
Species 8 trophisms 1 references
Species 18 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusStereum (curtain crusts)
FamilySTEREACEAE (a family of fungi)
OrderRUSSULALES (an order of toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stereum (curtain crusts)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Eriksson, J., Hjortstam, K. & Ryvarden, L. 1984 The Corticiaceae of Northern Europe: 7 Schizopora - Suillosporium Corticiaceae of Northern Europe, The, 7, Fungiflora

Stereum (curtain crusts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Chemistry

Ainsworth, A.M., Rayner, A.D.M., Broxholme, S.J., Beeching, J.R., Pryke, J.A., Scard, P.R., Berriman, J., Powell, K.A., Floyd, A.J. & Branch, S.K. 1990 Production and properties of the sesquiterpene, ( + )-torreyol, in degenerative mycelial interactions between strains of Stereum Mycol. Res. Vol 94 (6).

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Stereum (curtain crusts):

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