Pleurotopsis longinqua

Pleurotopsis longinqua

a wood-rotting fungus common in wet forest on fallen or more often, standing, rotting branches and twigs in Australia, NZ, South America and Western USA. Native to Australia, not introduced. Cap translucent white to pinkish-brown shades, slimy, kidney-shaped, to 60 mm wide, with a jelly-like layer under the skin. Gills close, white to pale yellow-cream, pinker with age; decurrent, running slightly down the stubby lateral stem; spore print white. Stem stubby (5mm long), same colour as gills, joined to substrate by a pad of white mycelium.

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Tiny Scallop shell mushrooms Pleurotopsis longinqua
http://mushroomobserver.org/image/show_image/123688?obs=59947 Geotagged,Pleurotopsis longinqua,United States

Appearance

Cap translucent white to pinkish-brown shades, slimy, kidney-shaped, to 60 mm wide, with a jelly-like layer under the skin. Gills close, white to pale yellow-cream, pinker with age; decurrent, running slightly down the stubby lateral stem; spore print white. Stem stubby (5mm long), same colour as gills, joined to substrate by a pad of white mycelium.
Pink oyster mushooms  Fall,Geotagged,Pleurotopsis longinqua,United States

Naming

Panellus longinquus
Pleurotopsis longinqua  Geotagged,Pleurotopsis longinqua,Spring,United States

Distribution

Australia, NZ, South America and Western USA

Habitat

wet forest on fallen or more often, standing, rotting branches and twigs in

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyTricholomataceae
GenusPleurotopsis
SpeciesPleurotopsis longinqua