Oyster Mushroom - Pleurotus ostreatus
The common name "Oyster Mushroom" comes from the white shell-like appearance of the fruiting body which is rather funnel shaped by maturity. It has decurrent gills and an off centre stalk (stipe). A good edible species.
They grow on dead wood - usually on dead standing trees or on fallen logs.
It can be seen for most of the year especially late spring to autumn.
Fairly common and widespread in Britain.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Rutland Water, Egleton NR
12 November 2004
David Nicholls
Rutland Water, Egleton NR
12 November 2004
David Nicholls
Ratby Burroughs
24 November 2011
Cherryl Benyon
Earl Shilton
04 January 2014
irturner
charnwood lodge NR
10 November 2018
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Species profile
- Common names
- Oyster Mushroom
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Pleurotaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 69
- First record:
- 12/11/2004 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 24/01/2024 (Pochin, Christine)
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irturner
charnwood lodge NR
10 November 2018
Steve Mathers
Jubilee Way (Stathern to Terrace Hills)
03 February 2017
David Nicholls
Altar Stones
28 November 2013
David Nicholls
Altar Stones
28 November 2013
Melinda Bell
Coleorton,The Paddock
31 August 2020
Lostash
Whetstone Village
08 November 2009
Melinda Bell
Coleorton,The Paddock
31 August 2020
