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Luminescent Panellus

Panellus stipticus

Description:

Cracked and wrinkled, tan to pale orange-capped mushrooms with kidney-shaped pilei with inrolled margins. Texture is dry and fuzzy. Fairly crowded gills (with lamellulae and cross-veins) that stop short at a cream-colored stem are present. White spores are visible on the gills of some specimens. Growing in a large cluster. Panellus stipticus is a member of the Mycenaceae family and is closely related to members of the Mycena genus. It is saprobic on dead hardwoods. It is one of the unique mushrooms that has bioluminescent gills. It also holds much scientific interest as research points to it possibly having bioremediatve properties.

Habitat:

Growing on a rotting hardwood log on the side of a ridge in a mixed hardwood/coniferous forest in Northwest Georgia.

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12 Comments

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

These shots are fantastic! Congratulations Lisa!

Felix Fleck
Felix Fleck 6 years ago

Congrats again! Cheers.

Brian38
Brian38 6 years ago

Congrats Lisa! Great series and probably the best description ever of this species.

awesome gills,congrats Lisa

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 6 years ago

Congratulations Lisa, your Luminescent Panellus got joint third position in our 2017 Best Wildlife Photo competition, Fungi category:

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Felix Fleck
Felix Fleck 6 years ago

Congrats! Great spotting and pictures.

Christine Y.
Christine Y. 6 years ago

Fantastic! Congratulations :)

flowntheloop
flowntheloop 6 years ago

What a wonderful surprise! Thank you all so much!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 6 years ago

Congratulations Lisa !

Beautiful series flowntheloop,congrats on the SOTd and thanks for sharing

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 6 years ago

Congrats Lisa. Love those crossed gills.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 6 years ago

Congratulations flowntheloop, this most interesting fungus is our Spotting of the Day!

"It may not look like much by daylight but this fungus is actually bioluminescent! Panellus stipticus, commonly known as bitter oyster or luminescent panellus, is our Spotting of the Day. Although this fungus is relatively common and widespread, only strains from eastern North America appear to be bioluminescent.
Read more about luminescence and other interesting properties of this fungus here: https://buff.ly/2iDhCC0 "

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flowntheloop
Spotted by
flowntheloop

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Nov 19, 2017
Submitted on Nov 20, 2017

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