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Purple-Olive oyster mushrooms

Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Several in a cluster each approximately 90mm across the cap. <br> The tops looked a shiny striated olive colour. <br> Gills white, crowded looked like dark spore within.

Habitat:

Growing on the trunk of a very damp Sassafras tree in a rainforest nature reserve.

Notes:

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/NZOR-6-135070 <br>

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