Stereum ostrea

Golden Curtain Crust/Sunset Fungus at Wattamolla, NSW

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Identification history

	Stereum ostrea	21 Mar 2020	Pam
	Unverified	20 Mar 2020	WattaWanderer

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Pam wrote:

22 Mar 2020

I've just added this species to the Budawang list as it was missing! This is a relatively common species and often has much brighter colour with the yellows and oranges. These look like aged specimens starting to revive again with recent rains.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.647251 -34.728813
Places Wattamolla, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
18 Mar 2020 07:05 PM Recorded on
WattaWanderer Recorded by
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WattaWanderer South Coast NatureMapr Stereum ostrea Underside smooth or wrinkled/roughened <Stereum etc> Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood Fungi

Species information

Stereum ostrea Scientific name
Golden Curtain Crust/Sunset Fungus Common name
Not Sensitive
Cosmopolitan
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 930.87m Recorded at altitude