Summary ⁶

Panellus serotinus, commonly known as the late oyster, is a species of fungus in the family Mycenaceae. Fruit bodies grow as overlapping fan- or oyster-shaped caps on the wood of both coniferous and deciduous trees. The gills on the underside are closely spaced, bright orange yellow, and have an adnate attachment to the stipe. It produces a yellow spore print; spores are smooth, amyloid, and measure 4–6 by 1–2 µm. The caps are edible, but some people...

Associations ⁷

In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) of Broadleaved trees
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) of Fagus
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) of Betula
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) of Alnus
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) of Fraxinus
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) of Quercus
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) of Salix
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) of Sambucus nigra
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed branch (large) of Ulmus
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead Aesculus
Remarks: season: 11

Foodplant / saprobe
imbricate or clustered fruitbody of Panellus serotinus is saprobic on dead, fallen, decayed trunk (large) of Acer
Remarks: season: mainly late 11-2

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Douglas Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/117424.jpg
2. (c) Ron Pastorino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/5025.jpg
3. (c) Ron Pastorino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/5026.jpg
4. (c) BubikolRamios, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/64684.jpg
5. (c) Douglas Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://images.mushroomobserver.org/640/117425.jpg
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panellus_serotinus
7. (c) BioImages, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22910774

More Info

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