Family: Stereaceae

Scientific name: Stereum ostrea

Common Name: Golden Curtain Crust

Distribution: From North Queensland downwards along the east coast to Victoria and Tasmania

General Information: To be found on dead wood in native forests, saprotrophic, thin walled, funnel-shaped, stem absent.

Specimen: Alongside the path to the Tahune Airwalk, Geeveston, Tas.

Source: Grey, P & Grey, E 2005, Fungi Down Under, Fungimap, South Yarra.

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