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Orange Mock Oyster

Phyllotopsis nidulans

Photo by Dan Doucette
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Field Notes

Description:

bright orange, stalkless, shelflike, about 4" across

Habitat:

dead tree

Notes:

Another cool fungi from Baden Powell Park.

Species ID Suggestions

Chicken Mushroom, Sulphur Shelf, Sulphur Polypore

Laetiporus sulphureus

Reference Link
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Comments (14)
Dan Doucette
Thanks Carol! I'm looking forward to more mushroom hunting next season too. Boulder Rock sounds like a great place to start!
Carol Snow Milne
Amazing colors! I can't wait until next summer to find more mushrooms. There is this great place near Boulder Rock (Glacier rocks) Hickory Run State Park in PA with easily 60 different types of fungi (mushrooms)
ja.emmans
Its nice to identify a specie thanks for posting, Hope you checked the flickr link, they have a group for Candian fungii !
Dan Doucette
Sorry for the delay James. I think you're right with that one.
ja.emmans
Could it be the Orange Mock Oyster, Phyllotopsis nidulans http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougcwaylett/2890999202/in/set-72157622066041743
Dan Doucette
I appreciate the suggestion James but I don't think this is a Chicken mushroom. They don't have the gills like this one has and they are much more thick and sturdy. I have another spotting of a chicken mushroom. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6434370

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