Mock Oyster Mushroom

Phyllotopsis nidulans

Summary 7

Phyllotopsis nidulans, commonly known as the mock oyster or the orange oyster, is a species of fungi in the Tricholomataceae family, and the type species of the genus Phyllotopsis.

Associations 8

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Phyllotopsis nidulans is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) of Broadleaved trees

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Phyllotopsis nidulans is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) of Fagus
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Phyllotopsis nidulans is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) of Salix
Other: unusual host/prey

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/18024068@N00/93393699
  2. (c) David Rust, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/493264.jpg
  3. (c) Christian, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/452438.jpg
  4. (c) David Rust, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/493265.jpg
  5. (c) 2001 California Academy of Sciences, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=30538&one=T
  6. (c) Eva Skific, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/384111.jpg
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllotopsis_nidulans
  8. (c) BioImages, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22922305

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