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Summer Oyster for *László* (64)
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I would like dedicate this summer oyster shot to one of my beloved and heartfelt friends on TN, László Kaposvari (Hormon_Manyer) who is one of the expert photographers on fungi in thanks for his lovely dedication to me and my PhD students -Mehmet (zulfu), Bahadır (bahadir) & Deniz (xTauruSx)- with two beautiful Salamander shots. Thank you Baratom for the pleasant dedication once more.
TFL and Have a nice Sunday!
Cheers,
©Bayram GÖÇMEN, Ege University, Faculty of Science. All Rights Reserved.
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Commonly known also as the Indian Oyster, Phoenix Mushroom, or the Lung Oyster is very similar to Pleurotus ostreatus, the pink oyster, but has a few noticeable differences.
The caps of pulmonarius are much paler and smaller than ostreatus and develops more of a stem. Pulmonarius also prefers warmer weather than ostreatus and will appear later in the summer. Otherwise, the taste and cultivation of the two species is generally described as largely the same. It is wide-spread in temperate and subtropical forests throughout the world and generally found on hardwoods and conifers.
Ecology: Saprobic; growing in shelf-like clusters on dead and living wood of hardwoods; causing a white rot; beginning in summer (unlike Pleurotus ostreatus) but continuing into fall and winter.
Cap: 2-12 cm; convex, becoming flat or somewhat depressed; lung-shaped (hence its Latin name) to semicircular, or nearly circular if growing on the tops of logs; somewhat greasy when young and fresh; fairly smooth; whitish to beige or pale tan, usually without dark brown colorations; the margin inrolled when young, later wavy and, unlike Pleurotus ostreatus, very finely lined.
Gills: Running down the stem; close or nearly distant; whitish.
Stem: Sometimes absent or rudimentary, but often present; 1-7 cm long and up to 1.5 cm thick; eccentric or lateral--or central.
Flesh: Thick; white.
Odor and Taste: Odor distinctive like oyster mushrooms and taste mild.
Spore Print: Whitish, grayish or lilac.
Microscopic Features: Spores 7-10 x 2.5-5 µ; smooth; cylindric to long-elliptical.
References:
1. MushroomExpert.com .
2. Wikipedia . |
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