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Pleurotus

Oyster Mushroom at Tennent, ACT

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Identification history

Pleurotus	1 Jun 2017	Heino
Pleurotus	1 Jun 2017	Heino
Omphalotus nidiformis	1 Jun 2017	KenT

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User's notes

Count of fruit bodies growing out of ground and woody debris pushed over side of road.

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Heino wrote:

1 Jun 2017

I go for Pleurotus because of the absence of creamy & purplish shades. If a Pleurotus, perhaps this is Pleurotus australis, which is described as brown, but I'm not familiar with it.

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Location information

Species information

Pleurotus Scientific name
Oyster Mushroom Common name
Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
21 May 2017 01:02 PM Recorded on
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