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08-01-2009, 12:02 PM
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| | | Oyster Mushrooms?
Hi Folks,
I found these yesterday growing on a dead but still standing deciduous tree. I believe it was a beech but might have been a birch. The laterally attached stem and time of year suggests to me Oyster Mushrooms but could they be Paxillus or even something else?
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There were a few other things about but not much. Hoof fungus and Birch Polypores, coloured twigs which indicated Green Elf Cups (although no fruiting bodies seen), Candlesnuff Fungus and those orange spots I can't remember the name of on a fallen branch.
Nick |
08-01-2009, 01:00 PM
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| | | Re: Oyster Mushrooms?
With the features and greyish cap colouring I would agree with Oyster Fungus Pleurotus sp. probably ostreatus.
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08-01-2009, 01:07 PM
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| | | Re: Oyster Mushrooms?
orange spots? try coral spot - nectia cinnabarina, although there are quite a few others!
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08-01-2009, 01:17 PM
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| | | Re: Oyster Mushrooms?
Hallo Nick, Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick_in_Scotland  I found these yesterday growing on a dead but still standing deciduous tree. I believe it was a beech but might have been a birch. The laterally attached stem and time of year suggests to me Oyster Mushrooms but could they be Paxillus or even something else? | Sorry, no. These are Olive Oysterlings - bitter and unpleasant and ful of ingredients which are not recommended for eating, including some which are said to be carcinogens.
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Andreas |
08-01-2009, 01:31 PM
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| | | Re: Oyster Mushrooms?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick_in_Scotland Hi Folks,
I found these yesterday growing on a dead but still standing deciduous tree. I believe it was a beech but might have been a birch. The laterally attached stem and time of year suggests to me Oyster Mushrooms but could they be Paxillus or even something else?
.
There were a few other things about but not much. Hoof fungus and Birch Polypores, coloured twigs which indicated Green Elf Cups (although no fruiting bodies seen), Candlesnuff Fungus and those orange spots I can't remember the name of on a fallen branch.
Nick | The gills suggest Panellus serotinus to me.
John 
Oops Andreas got there first |
08-01-2009, 01:53 PM
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| | | Re: Oyster Mushrooms?
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Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad ...With the features and greyish cap colouring I would agree with Oyster Fungus.... | Quote:
Originally Posted by mollisia ....Sorry, no. These are Olive Oysterlings... | Quote:
Originally Posted by FungiJohn ....The gills suggest Panellus serotinus to me... | Happy to stand corrected.
I didn't think that Panellus serotinus grew as large as these appear to be, and the colour is much lighter than any I've seen. (Always a drab brownish / olive colour).
I know a spot where these grow in fair numbers - so I shall have to get out there and try to get some photos. (Last time I visited the Panellus were only about 40 - 50mm wide, and still quite rigid.
Regards
Mike. EDIT - Looking at the adnate? gill attachment, it is obvious that these are not decurrent as in Pleurotus ostreatus. Why didn't I spot that before?
Last edited by Lancashire Lad; 08-01-2009 at 02:06 PM.
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08-01-2009, 03:15 PM
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| | | Re: Oyster Mushrooms?
I would say its the wrong colour for pleurotus ostreatus and I have never seen a sample of it where the cap is hanging down over the gills |
09-01-2009, 06:38 PM
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| | | Re: Oyster Mushrooms?
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Originally Posted by diggleken orange spots? try coral spot - nectia cinnabarina, although there are quite a few others!
Ken | Thanks Ken- That's the one!
Nick. |
09-01-2009, 06:45 PM
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| | | Re: Oyster Mushrooms?
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Originally Posted by mollisia Hallo Nick,
Sorry, no. These are Olive Oysterlings - bitter and unpleasant and ful of ingredients which are not recommended for eating, including some which are said to be carcinogens.
best regards,
Andreas | Ah thank you Andreas (and John, Mike and KT ). Don't worry, I was not planning on eating them, although I did take one home for possible further study. I must say that I always thought of Panellus as very small fungi so that genus never crossed my mind. My initial thoughts were of course Pleurotus but, like KT, I thought the colouring was wrong and there was just something about the appearance that did not add up.
Nick. |
09-01-2009, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Nick_in_Scotland .....I must say that I always thought of Panellus as very small fungi so that genus never crossed my mind.... | You and me both Nick - that's why I originally thought Pleurotus as well. 
Proves yet again that WAB is the place, to enable our knowledge to grow.
(Some of this apparent infighting between the various "fungi organisations" seems ludicrous to me). Surely there is enough room for all such organisations to get along, and to be able to see the benefit from input at all levels of expertise. - How else (other than by purely academic qualification), can people learn. 
Sorry for taking your thread off topic.
Regards
Mike. | | |
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