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Pleurotus cornucopiae.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Branching Oyster, Pleurote corne d'abondance, Rillstieliger Seitling
Pleurotus cornucopiae Mushroom
Ref No: 8736
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Pleurotus cornucopiae2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8737
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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

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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