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

synonyms: Elastic Oysterling, Milder Zwergknäueling
Panellus mitis Mushroom
Ref No: 8466
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location: North America
edibility: Inedible
fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Other
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows on wood

Panellus mitis (Pers. ex Fr.) Sing. syn. Pleurotus mitis (Pers. ex Fr.) Quél. Milder Zwergknäueling Elastic Oysterling. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, fan-shaped, horizontal, white becoming clay-pink, pellicle separable. Stem 5–10´3–5mm, lateral, flattened, whitish covered in white mealy granules. Flesh white. Taste mild. Gills crowded, with gelatinous edge, white to cream. Spore print white. Spores cylindrical, amyloid, 3.5–5 x 1–1.5um. Habitat coniferous twigs. Season early autumn to early winter. Rare. Not edible. Distribution, America and Europe.

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