bhaas Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Found these mushrooms on Saturday growing out of a downed oak tree. Spore print came up just slightly off-white grayish. I did my reading and the Angel wings should have a white spore print, so I'm thinking that these are pheonix oysters. Can someone confirm this ID? Also, besides spore print, are there any other key identifiers to separate this oyster from the angel wings? I've read that the angel wings grow out of conifers, but I don't know if that is absolute or if they can also grow out of hardwoods. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MushroomDan Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Looks like young oysters. Not sure what species. To me, Angel Wings don't look like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McDermott Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Not sure about 'absolute' with mushrooms, but I have only ever found angel wings in well decomposed conifer. Fragile and thin. These pictures look like oyster I have growing on some hickory logs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave W Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Angel Wings (Pleurocybella porrigens) tend to have thinner flesh than true Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus species). As you say bhaas, Angel Wings have white spore print (although some species of Pleurotus also have white print). Growth on oak eliminates Pleurocybella. As Matt says, Pleurocybella grows on coniferous wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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