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Description:

Small round mushroom approximately 1" across. Flesh toned center with a brown trim. Growing on a fallen oak branch. Sturdy but pliable to the touch. Edges are very thin while center is thick and fleshy. Firmly attached to fallen oak branch.

Habitat:

Garth Woods, Eastchester, NY. Early spring

Notes:

Found on fallen oak tree in early spring.

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2 Comments

brentbmcgee
brentbmcgee 10 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm not an expert at all, but the mushroom top is concave and the pics of p. lepto look to be convex.

Lipase
Lipase 10 years ago

this might be something like Polyporus leptocephalus

brentbmcgee
Spotted by
brentbmcgee

Yonkers, New York, USA

Spotted on Mar 31, 2014
Submitted on Mar 31, 2014

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