View source for Phil Bendle Collection:Stereum (Genus ) (Leaf Fungus)

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'''Kingdom:''' Fungi<br />
'''Division:''' Basidiomycota<br />
'''Class:''' Agaricomycetes<br />
'''Order:''' Russulales<br />
'''Family:''' Stereaceae<br />
'''Genus:''' Stereum (contains 27 species that have a widespread distribution)<br />
'''Common name:''' for the species: leaf fungus, wax fungus, shelf fungus.

Stereum is type genus of the Stereaceae family of fungi, in the Russulales order. It is named due to having a shape similar to a stereum (derived from the Greek stereos meaning hard or stiff). Lives on decaying wood.

[[File:Leaf fungus Stereum species.jpg|frameless|upright 2.25]]

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