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Elastic Oysterling

Panellus mitis (Pers.) Singer 1936

Photo by AlexKonig
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Description:

The fruit bodies of Panellus species are small- to medium-sized, and pleurotoid, meaning they grow on wood, have gills, and usually form semicircular or kidney-shaped caps that may be either directly attached to the wood, or connected by short stipes. The stipe is usually connected to the side of the cap, or off-center. The gills on the underside of the cap usually radiate ourward from the attachment point, or may be strongly interveined to form a reticulum
(wkipedia)

Habitat:

location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on wood

Panellus mitis (Pers. ex Fr.) Sing. syn. Pleurotus mitis (Pers. ex Fr.) Quél. Milder Zwergknäueling Elastic Oysterling. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, fan-shaped, horizontal, white becoming clay-pink, pellicle separable. Stem 5–10´3–5mm, lateral, flattened, whitish covered in white mealy granules. Flesh white. Taste mild. Gills crowded, with gelatinous edge, white to cream. Spore print white. Spores cylindrical, amyloid, 3.5–5 x 1–1.5um. Habitat coniferous twigs. Season early autumn to early winter. Rare. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe

( http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/gallery/DisplayBlock~bid~6568~gid~~sourc… )

Notes:

Cap up to 1/2" across, white to pale pinkish grey; often with a gelatinous layer when young

Gills concolorous

On coniferous wood, especially larch
( http://www.mushroomthejournal.com/greatlakesdata/Taxa/Panelmitis666.html ), ( http://www.soortenbank.nl/soorten.php?soortengroep=paddenstoelen&id=692 ), ( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=271415 )

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