ID please

Budding Ecologis · #1 (**permalink**) 30-09-2010, 09:01 AM

ID please. Taken in a carboniferous woodland in Scotland.

Lancashire Lad · #2 (**permalink**) 30-09-2010, 10:24 AM

Pretty certain it's a Pleurotus

Seeing as it is almost white, I'd have gone for P.pulmonarius (Pale Oyster) or P.cornucopiae (Branching Oyster), but there isn't enough detail of whether the gills are extending into grooved ridges down the stipes to say for sure.

The only problem is that both of those are seldom found with coniferous wood, making P.ostreatus more likely . This looks very pale for P.ostreatus but it certainly can't be ruled out.

Regards,
Mike.

solus · #3 (**permalink**) 30-09-2010, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Budding Ecologis

ID please. Taken in a carboniferous woodland in Scotland.

That'll make it a fossil fungus!

OK, I'll fetch me coat!

Budding Ecologis · #4 (**permalink**) 30-09-2010, 09:26 PM

Oops my mistake. *coniferous*.

Thanks for the help. Here is a picture of the gills.

fairplay · #5 (**permalink**) 30-09-2010, 10:38 PM

This could be Pleurocybella porrigens - Angels Wings.

Apparently quite common on Conifer logs in Scotland.

Neil.

Lancashire Lad · #6 (**permalink**) 01-10-2010, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by fairplay

This could be Pleurocybella porrigens - Angels Wings.

Apparently quite common on Conifer logs in Scotland.

Neil.

I think you are spot on with that Mal. - Having now seen the close up gill shot, those gills are definitely not Pleurotus like. (And a quick image search confirms that they are very much indeed P.porrigens like).

Regards,
Mike.