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Hyzenthlay
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Oyster mushroom ID
#7570777 - 10/28/07 07:55 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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I feel positive of what I have but the rest of the family wont eat them without confirmation. I can get a spore print by tomorrow if it's really needed, I just got some today. All info says there's no look a likes and all in the family are edible.
Pleurotus populinus
Habitat: Wood - Found in mixed mostly conifer woods some maple, growing straight from a fallen rotting tree, old conifer trunk.
Gills: white. free. similar to chantrelles
Stem: none.
Cap: white.
Bruising: Don't see any color change where it was cut
Location: Pacific north west willamete forest
Spore print: now in the works
links for larger image http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/1795457915/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/1795456883/
 same thing no flash http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/1795455885/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/1795458715/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/1795460479/
Edited by Hyzenthlay (10/28/07 08:36 PM)
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7570825 - 10/28/07 08:08 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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yum, i'll eat if if no one else will 
pleurotus for sure, someone else will probably know exactly which species within the genus it is... very easily identified as an oyster anyway, and no poisonous look alikes i believe...
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7570849 - 10/28/07 08:16 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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If it was growing from a conifer I would guess angel wings.
Pleurocybella porrigens
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Hyzenthlay
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Thanks. And this from the family members who say they've eaten the wooly chants in the past, maybe finding out you're not supposed to shook their confidence.
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7570912 - 10/28/07 08:32 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hmm well at least angel wings is edible too. Actually that had been my first thought. I've been seeing tese thngs a lot. Then a friend sent photos of his oyster mushrooms and they looked the same but maybe he made the same mistake.
I feel foolish anyway I copied the wrong name from before my ID I meant to copy Pleurotus populinus I'm a horrible speller so copy :P That was my ID
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7571386 - 10/28/07 10:47 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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If they're growing from conifer wood then they're not P. populinus. The species name should give the hint that that species only grows from the wood of trees from the genus Populus (Poplars). I've only seen that species here (Colorado) growing from aspen wood.
If the log is old enough it can be difficult to tell what kind of wood it is.
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: ToxicMan]
#7571415 - 10/28/07 10:56 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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okay not positive on the wood it was covered in moss but it was a really big around trunk so makes me think conifer.
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: ToxicMan]
#7571475 - 10/28/07 11:21 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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this says sometimes on conifer http://www.mushroomexpert.com/pleurotus_ostreatus.html
Okay an addition, it smells kind of sweet when I open the container I'm doing the spore print in. That wont turn out pretty, one of my pets loves the chanterelles and he found the container and tried to get in turning it over. I righted it all and put it out of reach.
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7571486 - 10/28/07 11:28 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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i don´t think those are pleurotus but have not see yet of any whithe spores mushrooms that grow on wood to be letal that have the clasical pleurotus (meaning to the side) fruit body , i guees those are angel wing as people say
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Edited by cactu (10/28/07 11:32 PM)
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: cactu]
#7571499 - 10/28/07 11:34 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Okay thanks. Will check the spore print color tomorrow to be sure.
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7571527 - 10/28/07 11:52 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
this says sometimes on conifer
Yes, but it's referring to P. ostreatus, a different species. IDing Pleurotus accurately to species requires a microscope for many of the species.
A spore print should settle the question of edibility. It should turn out white or pale lilac. Remember that, for identification purposes, a spore print needs to be done on white paper.
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: ToxicMan]
#7571552 - 10/29/07 12:08 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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guess i was wrong then, seemed like a dead ringer for oyster from the pics
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: ToxicMan]
#7571565 - 10/29/07 12:15 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hmm well I happen to have a good microscope with camera, ha. I may just get a spore pic for fun then and see
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7571597 - 10/29/07 12:28 AM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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that will resolve all problems .......to see al the microscopic structures
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: cactu]
#7572867 - 10/29/07 12:44 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Spore print didn't show anything but some dead worms on the white paper, does that mean it's white spore?
Here's the micro pic of what I got from tapping the gill side on the slide. and letting that dry. I didn't realise it would save so dark but shape is there, looks round.
Opening the container today it did smell strongly anise, like the caulifower mushroom when cut but not as strong.
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7572891 - 10/29/07 12:53 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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http://www.svims.ca/council/Pleuro.htm but I'm short on time to try and decipher that.
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7573026 - 10/29/07 01:35 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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Your photomicrograph doesn't appear to show any spores (or they're not recognizable as such). Maybe they're there but the magnification is too low? They should be between 5 and 10 microns long, so you generally will need at least 100x to show them well.
An easy way to get spores (although many will be immature) is to take a tiny piece of a gill and crush it between a cover slip and slide. You'll also be able to see basidia and have a good chance of seeing cystidia (if present).
The Northwest Key Council has done a great job, haven't they? Their key would tend to indicate that you have P. ostreatus or P. pulmonarius. I have yet to see a good way to tell the two apart.
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: ToxicMan]
#7573161 - 10/29/07 02:21 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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that was 100X I thought all those round thngs on there were spores
maybe focused on te wrong thing here were two others from before http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/1799821973/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamanduagirl/1800662402/
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Re: Oyster mushroom ID [Re: Hyzenthlay]
#7578600 - 10/30/07 09:50 PM (16 years, 3 months ago) |
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well update, we ate them and they were yummy. Tasted beef broth-ish to me.
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