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Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus sp.

Description:

Off white, large, 3 in or 7.6 cm, gilled mushroom growing in layers up a dead log.

Habitat:

In a bottomland forest at Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center.

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6 Comments

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

thanks - these were a great suprise

Dixie
Dixie 10 years ago

Very, very nice pics Gatorfellows!

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

thanks AntónioGinjaGinja :) I have not found any this large or as many.

Beautiful capture Gatorfellows,congrats and thanks for sharing

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

thanks gully - I will investigate :)

gully.moy
gully.moy 10 years ago

Looks like some kind of Oyster, Pleurotus species.

gatorfellows
Spotted by
gatorfellows

Denton, Texas, USA

Spotted on Nov 30, 2013
Submitted on Dec 7, 2013

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