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morbiddoctor
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Elm oyster?
#18722277 - 08/18/13 10:31 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Is this an elm oyster? I was not aware that they had a fuzz to them. That's the only thing that prevents me from being certain.
Habitat: Found in deciduous woods near a stream, growing straight from a fallen rotting tree near where the tree fell over. Not sure of the tree but elms and elders do grow around here. There were what looked to be rotten tree oysters growing from the other piece of the log.
Gills: The gill color varies from a white to a light pinkish color. The gills are free.
Stem: Whitish, quite firm, fuzzy, has a distinct 'j' shape to it.
Cap: White, 7" across. Soft and fuzzy on top. Gills stop at the stipe.
Spore print color: Have not printed but gills are still white. Running a finer inside them produces nothing.
Bruising: No color change was observed.
Location: Kansas.
Other notes: This sample has a strongish smell of anise. There was a baby mushroom of the same type growing next to it. It looked like a young H. tessulatus does.
Edited by morbiddoctor (08/18/13 10:35 AM)
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DCart
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Registered: 06/18/13
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Lentinus sp. is my guess. The fuzzy stem and cap are what leads me to think this.
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Edited by DCart (08/18/13 10:44 AM)
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morbiddoctor
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Re: Elm oyster? [Re: DCart]
#18722345 - 08/18/13 10:46 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thats the one. Thanks so much!
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DCart
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Registered: 06/18/13
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No prob! I found a bunch a week or so back and thought I had hit the Oyster jackpot. These suckers were huge! Turns out that I was wrong. Luckily, I had them ID'd before consumption.
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TimmiT


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Lentinus species have serrated gill edges. It might be a Hypsizygus but I'm not very familiar with those.
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raceme
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Re: Elm oyster? [Re: TimmiT]
#18727776 - 08/19/13 02:06 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Don't Hypsizyguses not have decurrent gills like that?
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Bobzimmer
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Re: Elm oyster? [Re: raceme]
#18728375 - 08/19/13 03:59 PM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Compare with Pleurotus dryinus.
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morbiddoctor
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Close to P. dryinus but no veil on stipe. Maybe fell off? DCarts suggestion lined up perfectly when I looked at mushroomexpert. Now I don't remember what species it was after the edit. It does not have serrated gills though. hmmm.
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DCart
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Lentinus levis was what I thought it was. I changed it to lentinus sp. because I saw that your location said Washington.... However, after reading the OP again, these were found in Kansas. I think the L. levis are only found east of the Rockies... So it could be L. levis.
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morbiddoctor
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Re: Elm oyster? [Re: DCart]
#18736719 - 08/21/13 10:09 AM (10 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yep yep yep. It still looks like a good match. No serrated gills though, staying true to the description.
I live in Washington but am in KS visiting. Hoping to find some neat mushrooms on the way back as I am planning on hitchhiking.
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Funguys95
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This looks like lentinus levis which is edible when it isn’t old and super tough. I have eaten them before and they were very tasty.
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Anglerfish
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Quote:
Funguys95 said: This looks like lentinus levis which is edible when it isn’t old and super tough. I have eaten them before and they were very tasty.
You're probably right, they look very similar.
Other than that, this thread is more than 6 years old.
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