Stereum ostrea

PLP847_2018_4

One of the false turkey tails. It resembles the ‘True turkey tail fungi’  Trametes versicolor, in that the cap is covered with algae and it grows horizontally out of rotting wood. This species and it’s very close look alike Stereum hirsutum can be distinguished by the size of the cap. S. ostrea has relatively large   caps. No spores could be found which is not uncommon. The bottom of this mushroom has no visible pores or gills, because it is actually a scum mushroom, that is just pretending to be a poly pore.

CollectionDate 9-16-18

Collector: Anna Stouffer-Hopkins

Taxonomy

Phylum: Basidiomycota

Class: Agaricomycetes

Order: Russulales

Family: Stereaceae

Genus_species Stereum ostrea

Genus: Stereum

Species: ostrea

Authority: (Blume & T. Nees) Fries 1838

Location:

Dansville, Michigan USA

Latitude: 42.518485″N

Longitude: 84.322042″W

Elevation: 267 m

 

Habitat: Growing on a log in a wooded area hickory maple forest

Substrate: Growing on a dead log

Macro-Description: Green cap(from algae) 3.5-5cm side to side and 2.5-3.5 cm stipe to cap edge, no stipe, smooth underside

Micro-description: No spores found

Rationale for ID: Morphology matches, the size of the cap was used to distinguish this species from other Stereum species

 

References:

https://www.mushroomexpert.com/stereum_ostrea.html

 

 

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