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Late Fall Oyster Mushroom

Panellus serotinus

Photo by Dan Doucette
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43.1556, -79.0892

Field Notes

Description:

thick, orange caps stacked on top of each other growing on a half dead oak.

Habitat:

temperate forest

Notes:

This was my only cool spotting during a 3 hour hike at Queenston. There was a few of these growing in a grove of Oak. I've never seen anything like these before. Reminds me of something out of Avatar.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)
Dan Doucette
I´ll take your word for it Mies, thanks a lot.
MichelBeeckman
Hi! I think it might be a weird deformation/discoloration of Panellus serotinus!
Dan Doucette
No way! Food comparisons never get old, it's always interesting what something else can resemble. It does look more on the edible side.
mauna Kunzah
I know my food comparisons are getting kind of old, but in the last two shots the mushrooms really resemble some nice, crackly bread. I wonder if these are edible.
Seema
lovely..the lower one looks like a crusted loaf of bread..
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PublishedOctober 25, 2012

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