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09-07-2011, 09:29 PM
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| | | Pleurotus (cornucopiae ?)
Hi all,
found these yesterday growing on a log in the log basket in our sitting room   . 
They are still fairly small, the largest cap is approximately 40mm across.
The colour, branching form and time of year made me wonder about young P. cornucopiae however I didn't notice any distinctive smell and don't know that these could be described as anastomosing lamellae. 
regards
Steve |
09-07-2011, 10:13 PM
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| | | Re: Pleurotus (cornucopiae ?)
Steve, as you have noticed, there is not much (any !) evidence of anastomosing gills, so I think they have to be 'ordinary' P.ostreatus, but a very white variety.
People with a copy of Phillips (his later version) may have considered the small, and not very detailed photo on page 264 of Ossicaulis lignatilis but the gills are not deeply decurrent, so this can be ruled out.
Neil. |
09-07-2011, 10:23 PM
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| | | Re: Pleurotus (cornucopiae ?)
Living in a flat, I don't have a fireplace, but I wonder if I had a sitting room with a fireplace worthy of a log basket, what kind of humidity would I need for such an occurance in a log basket?  |
10-07-2011, 09:32 AM
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| | | Re: Pleurotus (cornucopiae ?)
Do you know from which tree the logs have come from??
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10-07-2011, 07:43 PM
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| | | Re: Pleurotus (cornucopiae ?)
Quote:
Originally Posted by fairplay  Steve, as you have noticed, there is not much (any !) evidence of anastomosing gills, so I think they have to be 'ordinary' P.ostreatus, but a very white variety.
People with a copy of Phillips (his later version) may have considered the small, and not very detailed photo on page 264 of Ossicaulis lignatilis but the gills are not deeply decurrent, so this can be ruled out.
Neil. | Oh well, I might just hang on to the log and see if they change as they grow. It was the lack of any colour that made me doubt P.ostreatus but a web search does turn up some very pale examples. Quote:
Originally Posted by jonbem Living in a flat, I don't have a fireplace, but I wonder if I had a sitting room with a fireplace worthy of a log basket, what kind of humidity would I need for such an occurance in a log basket? | Not sure if you're joking but if not, the log was from a long dead tree and, I assume, already infected with the fungus. My guess is that as the wood dried out indoors this "stressed" the fungus triggering it to start fruiting. I'm happy to say that the room is not so damp that a "fresh" log could develop the fungus from scratch. Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy Overall Do you know from which tree the logs have come from??
Andy | Not 100% certain but I think it's a birch sp.
regards
Steve  | | |
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