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Field Notes

Description:

Soft velvety fungus that grows in shelf-like projections from rotting logs.

Habitat:

Cedar grove

Species ID Suggestions

Oyster mushroom

Pleurotus

shebebusynow
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shebebusynow
I'm assuming it's a soft, easily crumbled mushroom as opposed to a hard shelf fungus. Pleurotus ostreatus varies in shape & color quite a bit, so the identification is tentative here.

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Mushroom Mapping
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PublishedMay 28, 2011

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