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28-09-2009, 12:22 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Quantocks, Somerset
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| | | Is this an oyster mushroom?
WABbers were very quick to ID my last mystery fungus, and this one is probably just as easy...
I think it is an oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus. It was a lone specimen spotted on a live beech in Holford Combe, Quantocks, in late September 2009. 
Am I right? Any thoughts much appreciated!
On the same walk, I saw a beautiful pure white Amanita type fungus, on the ground at the base of another beech. It looked a bit like my book's illustration of A. vaginata, with a slender wavy stem and pronounced 'nipple' on top, but unlike that species had a very obvious ring and the cap was not heavily striated. I'm afraid I didn't photograph it. |
28-09-2009, 12:46 PM
|  | Member of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Swale, North kent 2 miles inland
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| | | Re: Is this an oyster mushroom?
Hello Muscardinus,
1 looks a bit like the Pleurotus cornucopiae, if you look closely you can see the gills appearing all round the stem even though it appears roughly excentric (off centre).Colour starts white going a golden/light honey colour as they mature then expire. Judging buy the absence of bark in your image i think this branch has died back. Take a look at my find and se what you think A few from today. I have to give the credit to Chris for steering me in the right direction.
I may of course be wrong and if so I'm sure a more knowledgeable member of WAB will step in and correct me. 
2 could be anything from Amanita to Lepiota. Impossible without an image sorry.
Alex |
28-09-2009, 01:13 PM
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| | | Re: Is this an oyster mushroom?
Quote:
Originally Posted by muscardinus  WABbers were very quick to ID my last mystery fungus, and this one is probably just as easy...
I think it is an oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus. It was a lone specimen spotted on a live beech in Holford Combe, Quantocks, in late September 2009.
Am I right? Any thoughts much appreciated! |
Don't think so. Looks too small for one thing.
Crepidotus Mollis, the Peeling Oysterling? |
28-09-2009, 02:15 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Red Rose County
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| | | Re: Is this an oyster mushroom?
Tempted to agree with a Crepidotus or similar.
I would think there should have been a large group if it was any of the usual Oyster suspects. I've never found Oyster as single individual specimens, but always in large groups.
Regards,
Mike. |
28-09-2009, 02:32 PM
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| | | Re: Is this an oyster mushroom?
Yes, this is a very young Pleurotus species
John |
29-09-2009, 11:00 AM
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| | | Re: Is this an oyster mushroom?
Thank you alge and everyone else for your thoughts!
It's probably much too dry for fungi at the moment, having not rained properly for a couple of weeks, but I look forward to finding some more on my local patch soon. | | |
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