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Panellus serotinus.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Gelbstieliger Zwergknäueling, Olive Oysterling
Panellus serotinus 2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8467
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Panellus serotinus 3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8469
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Panellus serotinus Mushroom
Ref No: 8471
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Yellow, Green
normal size: 5-15cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on wood

Panellus serotinus (Schrad. ex Fr.) Kühn. syn. Pleurotus serotinus (Schrad. ex Fr.) Kummer Gelbstieliger Zwergknäueling Olive Oysterling. Cap 3–7(15)cm across, kidney-shaped, ochre to olive-green, tacky in wet weather. Stem 10–25 x 8–15mm, lateral or rudimentary, yellowish covered in minute brownish scurfy scales. Flesh white with a gelatinous layer below the cap cuticle. Gills pale yellow to orange-yellow, fading with age. Pleuro- and cheilocystidia thin-walled, vesiculose-clavate, with yellowish contents. Spore print white. Spores curved cylindrical, amyloid 4–5.5 x 1–2um. Habitat on fallen trunks and branches. Season autumn to early winter. Uncommon. Edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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