Veiled Oyster - Pleurotus dryinus

Description

Features include whitish or greyish dry cap with soft fibrils or scales, fleeting veil on margin and stem when young, decurrent, close, whitish gills that form grooves on stem, off-center, whitish, dry stem.

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Habitat

The fruit bodies can be found on living or dead hardwood trees, notably Beech trees and oaks.

When to see it

Late summer and autumn.

Life History

Sometimes occurring singly, these large oyster mushrooms are most spectacular when fruiting in bunches.

UK Status

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain..

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Species profile

Common names
Veiled Oyster
Species group:
Fungi
Kingdom:
Fungi
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Pleurotaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
2
First record:
30/09/2012 (Cooper, Barbara)
Last record:
04/10/2015 (Cann, Alan)

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