Variable Oysterling - Crepidotus variabilis
Description
Cap 0.5 to 2cm across, kidney-shaped, white and felty-hairy, often lobed. Stem absent or rudimentary. Gills whitish at first becoming ochraceous flesh-coloured. Spore print pinkish-buff; spores ellipsoidal, 5-7 x 3-3.5µm.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
On fallen twigs
When to see it
Autumn
UK Status
Common and widespread in Britain.
VC55 Status
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David NichollsGlenfield, Ivanhoe Trail15 January 2021 Crepidotus variabilis (Variable Oysterling) Leicester Road Quarry SP 4956 9341 (taken (12.11.2006)...JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote12 November 2006
Graham CalowSapcote12 November 2006
David NichollsMartinshaw Wood12 May 2005
AJ CannCademan Wood12 November 2017Spore print pinkish-buff
AJ CannCademan Wood12 November 2017Spores ellipsoidal, 5.5 x 3µm
 Crepidotus variabilis (Variable Oysterling) Leicester Road Quarry SP 4956 9341 (taken (12.11.2006)...JPG)
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David NichollsMartinshaw Wood12 November 2011
David NichollsSheet Hedges Wood02 January 2012
David NichollsSheet Hedges Wood02 January 2012
AJ CannCademan Wood12 November 2017
egatenBeacon Hill Country Park08 October 2020
