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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Edible |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Yellow |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Convex to shield shaped |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on wood |
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Pleurotus dryinus (Pers. ex Fr.) Kummer Cap 5-15cm across, convex then slowly expanding, margin inrolled; white to cream; surface dry, felty-hairy to slightly scaly. Gills decurrent, crowded, narrow, often cross-veined on the stem; white. Stem 50-100 x 10-30mm, lateral to just off-center; white; felty, with a slight membranous ring at apex when young, soon vanishing or leaving fragments on cap margin. Flesh firm; white. Odor pleasant. Taste pleasant. Spores cylindrical, 9-12 x 3.5-4µ. Deposit white. Habitat on deciduous timber. Found in Europe and throughout most of northern North America. Season July-October. Edible. |
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Harry Swihart (United States) - 19 July 2011
The closest mushroom I can find to this one is the Pleaurotus Dryinus but it does not quite match your photos. These are young, only 5 cm across, and have no stems. Growing individually but close together on a dead log in Cassopolis, Michigan 18 July 2011
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 October 2008
Identical with the previous one.
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Lorand Bartho (Hungary) - 24 October 2008
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