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Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Mushroom

I found this on a standing mature Beech tree where the bark is dead. I think it may be a Pleurotus but maybe someone can identify?

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  1. Alison15 September 2015 at 22:04

    Hi Philip,
    It looks like you have found Branching Oyster (Pleurotus cornucopiae) as the gills are decurrent and run down the full length of the stem. It looks like a mollusc has eaten part of the gills in the specimen on the left hand side but apart from that it looks like a good match to me.

    Best,

    Ali.

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  2. Philip15 September 2015 at 22:59

    Thanks Alison, it's good to have a name for it.

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