Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm., (oyster mushroom)


21 Nov 2015 at OSGR: SU40 in South Hants, England

Record Summaryon top of dead, fallen pine log
Found asFruitbody
Date21 November 2015
Associated organismPinus
OS grid refOSGR: SU40
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountySouth Hants, VC no: 11
CountryEngland

Notes:

Cap surface smooth, without scales or tomentum.

Gills: whitish, unchanging, subdistant, gelatinised.

Basidia: 4-spored.

Spores: hyaline, cylindric, smooth, 9-12.5/4-5µm.

Cheilocystidia: absent although gill edge has occasional projecting hyaline cystidia-like cells.

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