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Bitter oyster

Panellus stipticus

Photo by Brian38
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Field Notes

Description:

White gilled fungus with short stems growing on a rotting deciduous log.

Habitat:

spotted in woods at the Louisiana Purchase Historic Park.

Reference Links:

Panellus stipticus - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Bitter Oyster

Panellus stipticus

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Comments (2)
Brian38
Thanks so much flowntheloop and fascinating about the light producing ability!
flowntheloop
Compare to Panellus stipticus. I just found some of these yesterday! They supposedly have bioluminescent gills!

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PublishedNovember 19, 2017

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