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| synonyms: Branching Oyster, Pleurote corne d'abondance, Rillstieliger Seitling |
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| location: Europe |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: White to cream |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Funnel shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Mushroom has distinct or odd smell (non mushroomy) |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on wood |
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Pleurotus cornucopiae (Paul. ex Pers.) Rolland syn. P. sapidus (Schulz. apud Kalchbr.) Sacc. Rillstieliger Seitling Pleurote corne d'abondance Branching Oyster. Cap 5–12cm across, convex then depressed to funnel-shaped, often becoming wavy or cracked at the margin, cream at first and covered in a whitish bloom then smooth and tinged ochraceous, finally ochre-brown. Stem 20–50 x 10–25mm, frequently excentric, usually several fused into a common base, whitish becoming tinged with cap colour. Flesh white. Taste pleasant, smell of flour or ammonia. Gills deeply decurrent, white to pale flesh. Spore print pale lilac. Spores subcylindric, 8–11 x 3.5–5um. Habitat in dense clusters on the cut stumps of deciduous trees, usually elm or oak. Season spring to autumn. Occasional. Edible. Found In Europe.
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Dave Cline (United States) - 30 December 2011

Please confirm this mushrooms ID.
Found growing under a Douglas Fir in decaying hazelnut shells, in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Dec, 2011
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Sam Miller (United Kingdom) - 06 March 2011

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Lynn Pepper (United Kingdom) - 26 January 2011

Do these blong in here. Squashed up in the undergrowth. A bit darker than the other pictures. Taken in Stone Staffs U.K.
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Slobodan Nikolic (Yugoslavia) - 11 May 2010

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Tricia Allen (United States) - 13 November 2009

East Brookfield, Ma.
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Tricia Allen (United States) - 13 November 2009

East Brookfield, Ma.
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Tricia Allen (United States) - 13 November 2009

East Brookfield, Ma.
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Branislav Uzelac (Yugoslavia) - 17 March 2009

photo by Ljubimir Ljushtina from Serbia
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