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Field Notes

Description:

Pale mushrooms growing from a tree

Habitat:

Dead tree

Species ID Suggestions

Oyster mushroom

Pleurotus ostreatus

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Comments (2)
callawa37
If this is in fact an Oyster mushroom, they can be ground, cooked, and eaten to help lower blood cholesterol :) According to botanist Tom Volk(see above reference), these are almost always found on dead/dying hardwood trees. Careful trying to eat fungi in the wild unless you have a positive ID, though- some of them can look the same but be deadly!
callawa37
Beautiful basidiocarps! :) See if you can find an ID on this one!

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