Stereum ostrea
(Blume & T.Nees) Fr. · speciesAt a glance
Sources7 archives
Databases and archives Stereum ostrea's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 877 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI30 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics19 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Stereum ostrea, also called false turkey-tail and golden curtain crust, is a basidiomycete fungus in the genus Stereum. It is a plant pathogen and a wood decay fungus. The name ostrea, from the word 'oyster', describes its shape. With concentric circles of many colors, it highly resembles Trametes versicolor, turkey-tail, and is thus called the 'false turkey-tail'. The stemless fruiting body is shell-like and grows 1 - high. It is tough and inedible. It grows on tree bark. This fungus is native to North America, where it is widespread and grows all year round.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
No structured trait data for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Stereum ostrea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile4 classes
Documented compounds19 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (3aR,9R,9aS)-6-[(3aS,4R,7aR)-4-hydroxy-2,2,4-trimethyl-7-oxo-1,3,3a,7a-tetrahydroinden-5-yl]-9-hydroxy-2,2,9-trimethyl-1,3,3a,9a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[b]naphthalen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (4aR,7aS,8R)-8-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)-6,6,8-trimethyl-4a,5,7,7a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[f][2]benzofuran-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (4aS,7aS,8R)-8-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)-6,6,8-trimethyl-4a,5,7,7a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[f][2]benzofuran-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (5R)-5-hydroxy-5,7,7-trimethyl-6,8-dihydrocyclopenta[g]isoquinolin-9-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (9R,9aS)-6-[(3aS,4R)-4-hydroxy-2,2,4-trimethyl-7-oxo-3,3a-dihydroinden-5-yl]-9-hydroxy-2,2,9-trimethyl-1,9a-dihydrocyclopenta[b]naphthalen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl)-3H-oxepin-2-one | present | LOTUS | |
| Methoxylaricinolic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Ostalactone A | present | LOTUS | |
| Ostalactone B | present | LOTUS | |
| Ostalactone C | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Stereum ostrea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type4 877 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions40 of 79 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Bronx, US | 405 |
| Zapopan, MX | 230 |
| Auckland, NZ | 142 |
| Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchlocation not on record | 109 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 84 |
| Baton Rouge, US | 67 |
| DPIlocation not on record | 64 |
| ILLSlocation not on record | 56 |
| Chicago, US | 53 |
| Davis and Elkins Collegelocation not on record | 47 |
| Odawara, JP | 44 |
| Helsinki, FI | 43 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 38 |
| TENN-Flocation not on record | 37 |
| Centro de Estudios Superiores del Estado de Sonoralocation not on record | 36 |
| Pullman, US | 36 |
| Tomioka, JP | 35 |
| Durham, US | 24 |
| Durango, MX | 21 |
| Tartu, EE | 21 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 14 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 13 |
| Bando, JP | 12 |
| University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 12 |
| Champaign, US | 12 |
| Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record | 11 |
| St. Paul, US | 11 |
| Mexico City, MX | 10 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 10 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 10 |
| Vitoria, ES | 9 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 8 |
| Denver, US | 8 |
| Osaka, JP | 7 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 7 |
| Leicester, GB | 7 |
| Toronto, CA | 7 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 6 |
| Tampa, US | 6 |
| Blacksburg, US | 6 |
| Burlington, US | 6 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 6 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 5 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 5 |
| National Mushroom Centre, Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Bhutanlocation not on record | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| Kensington, AU | 4 |
| PHlocation not on record | 4 |
| Colorado State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 3 |
| Royal Ontario Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 3 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 2 |
| CA | 2 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| Private Collection of Jessica Rosslocation not on record | 2 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicinalocation not on record | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 2 |
| Fort Hayslocation not on record | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mérida, ES | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Parkville, AU | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 1 |
| Laramie, US | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fungario QCAM de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| Royal Ontario Museum, TRTC Fungariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| UEGlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Stereum ostrea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Measured at samplingin-field
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.