bhaas Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Found these growing out of a split on a dying maple tree. These three grew together one on top of the next at around 8 feet up. There was two other groups higher up, maybe 15 feet or so. Black beetles were all over these things. I expected the caps to be a bit more smooth, but they have almost a fuzzy texture to them like felt or velvet. The largest one here is just under 6 inches across. Are these oyster mushrooms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 They look like oysters to me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McDermott Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 look pretty beat up by bugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Possibly P dryinus, maybe not.. I found them last month. They were deep in the splits or wounds of a downed maple tree. Chewy, maybe good browned in fat fro m meat.The stems were well developed, at least 1.5x the cap width. These were more round than oyster shaped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 I think bhass's mushrooms may be Pleurotus levis, aka Lentinus levis. Similar to P. dryinus except no ring forms on the stalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 That's not on mushroomexpert but I found some photos on fungikingdom.net. Looks like it. Fungikingdom.net is a great web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaas Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Thanks for the info guys. I've found some similar to this in a different area, but they were noticeably hairier around the stalk, and not as bright white as these. These three were quite weathered when I got to them and only the stalks were sheltered from the elements. The crack in the maple tree where these were growing out of was only slightly larger than the stalks, and provided a little bit of protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobby b Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 So not an oyster, Pleurotus. Lentinus is a polypore with gills. Never would have guessed that. Another mushroom curve ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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