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Angel wings little tiny ones..  Geotagged,Pleurocybella porrigens,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge

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  1. Beautiful find, how tiny are they? Posted 6 years ago
    1. These ones were still very small - the little ones are only about the size of my pinky nail (and my hands are small.. so only about 6-7mm) the big ones were maybe the size of a US penny. Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago

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''Pleurocybella porrigens'' is a species of fungus in the Marasmiaceae family. The species is widespread in temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere. ''P. porrigens'', known as the angel wing, is a white-rot wood-decay fungus on conifer wood, particularly hemlock. The flesh is thin and fragile compared to the oyster mushrooms.

Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Sep 14, 2018. Captured Sep 13, 2018 12:07 in Mount Washington Trail, North Bend, WA 98045, USA.
  • X-E2
  • f/1.0
  • 3s
  • ISO200
  • 55mm