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oyster mushroom

Pleurotus ostreatus

Habitat:

large, white bracket mushrooms growing on hardwood logs

1 Species ID Suggestions

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago
Oyster mushroom
Pleurotus ostreatus Pleurotus ostreatus


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5 Comments

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

sure, i will look sometimes, right now i wanted to take a little break, maybe i come online in a few hours, otherwise will i surely come back this weekend

AnnaWhipkey
AnnaWhipkey 12 years ago

I would appreciate help with my other unidentified fungi if you have the time

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

you're welcome !! that would make the identification a little bit easier. Cap/gills-pores/stem/slimy-dry/ curled-spiked/ etc.. all those little details are sometimes very important. good luck for nice future fungi spottings.

AnnaWhipkey
AnnaWhipkey 12 years ago

Thanks AlexKonig, hope I remember to get underneath the mushroom in future spottings

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

ths isn't a "POLYPORE" , polypores have pores (example: "fomitopsis pinicola / red banded polypore" or "trametes versicolor / turkey tail fungi ) little tubes or pores at the underside of the cap !! this one, without having seen it, i suspect gills under the visible caps. My first thought was , "PLEUROTUS (maybe-->) ostreatus / the oyster mushroom" ( http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&cp... ).

AnnaWhipkey
Spotted by
AnnaWhipkey

Indiana, USA

Spotted on Aug 21, 2011
Submitted on Aug 23, 2011

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