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Variable Oysterling

Crepidotus variabilis

Description:

ungus colour: White to cream normal size: Less than 5cm cap type: Other stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent flesh: Flesh fibrous usually pliable (like grass) spore colour: Light to dark brown habitat: Grows on wood, Grows on plant material/manure Crepidotus variabilis (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer syn. Claudopus variabilis (Pers. ex Fr.) Gillet Gemeines Stummelfüsschen Crépidote variable Variable Oysterling. Cap 0.5–2cm across, kidney-shaped, white and felty-hairy, often lobed. Stem absent or rudimentary. Gills whitish at first becoming ochraceous flesh-coloured. Spore print clay-pink. Spores elliptic, minutely spiny-warty, 5–7 x 3–3.5um

Habitat:

Habitat on fallen twigs, old straw, dead grass or other vegetable debris. Season autumn to early winter. Common. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

Notes:

Spotted in river Homem félinhos beach,in a little branch of a oak tree

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3 Comments

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Please do! :-)

Thanks Yuko,i think i can find the id latter and if i did it i'll post you

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Nice spotting! I have a spotting similar to yours. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/162...
I hope some fingi experts can help us with ID!

Braga, Portugal

Spotted on Dec 27, 2012
Submitted on Dec 29, 2012

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