Porcelain Fungus - Oudemansiella mucida
2 to 8 cm in diameter, semi-transparent and white, the caps of this lovely mushroom are rounded and tend to remain broadly domed rather than completely flat as the fruiting bodies mature. The gills show through the thin cap flesh, giving the margin a striate appearance. A mucous slime covers the cap in wet weather.
The Porcelain Mushroom is specific to Beech, appearing on dead wood and fallen branches and occasionally it also grows on living trees.
Autumn
Widespread but not really common in Britain
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Kate Nightingale
Ulverscroft
17 September 2014
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge NR
02 October 2005
Kate Nightingale
Ulverscroft
17 September 2014
Kate Nightingale
Ulverscroft
17 September 2014
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Species profile
- Common names
- Porcelain Fungus
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Physalacriaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 13
- First record:
- 02/10/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 22/10/2022 (Cook, Joni)
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Barbara Cooper
Belvoir Woods
02 October 2015
on Beech
Barbara Cooper
Belvoir Woods
02 October 2015
on Beech
Barbara Cooper
Belvoir Woods
02 October 2015
on Beech
