(Sarcomyxa serotina)
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IUCN Red List | not listed |
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NatureServe | not listed |
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Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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Late Oyster is a common, widespread, small to medium-sized, fleshy, shelf-like fungus. It is saprobic on decaying stumps and logs. It is found singly or in overlapping groups on the trunk or a large branch of a dead and decaying tree. It usually occurs on a hardwood, especially black cherry, but occasionally also on a conifer. It appears in the late fall with the onset of cold weather. There is often no stalk. If there is a stalk it is short, 3 ⁄16″ to ⅝″ long, thick, and laterally attached. It is yellow, brownish-white, or the same color as the cap, and is covered with velvety hairs. The cap is kidney-shaped or semi-circular and 13 ⁄16″ to 4″ in diameter. The color is variable, often on the same cap. When young it is downy and often flushed with violet. As it ages it becomes hairless and olive-green to yellowish-green. Eventually it turns yellowish-olive or light brown. When wet it is somewhat slimy or sticky to the touch (viscid). The margin is rolled inward and often lobed, indented, or wavy. As it ages the margin flattens out. The flesh is thick, white, and firm, and there is a gelatinous layer just below the skin (cuticle) of the cap. It is edible but has a mediocre taste and becomes bitter as it ages. There is no universal veil. The gills are narrow, close together and run down the stalk if there is one (decurrent) or broadly attached (adnate). They are bright orangish-yellow, yellowish-orange with a brown tinge, pale orange, or pale yellow at first, fading with age. The spore print is pale yellow. |
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Habitat and Hosts |
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Mostly dead hardwoods, especially cherry, but also dead conifers. |
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Ecology |
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Season |
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October through December |
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Distribution |
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Sources |
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Occurrence |
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Widespread and common |
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Taxonomy |
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Kingdom | Fungi (fungi) | ||
Subkingdom | Dikarya | ||
Division | Basidiomycota (club fungi) | ||
Subdivision | Agaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms) | ||
Class | Agaricomycetes (mushrooms, bracket fungi, puffballs, and allies) | ||
Subclass | Agaricomycetidae | ||
Order | Agaricales (common gilled mushrooms and allies) | ||
Suborder | Pleurotineae | ||
Family | Sarcomyxaceae | ||
Genus | Sarcomyxa | ||
Late Oyster was formerly placed in the family Tricholomataceae and known as Sarcomyxa serotina. Tricholomataceae was a “wastebasket taxon” containing all mushrooms in the order Agaricales with white, yellow, or pink spores that have not already been classified into another family. Following a large-scale phylogenetic study of Agaricales (Moncalvo, Vilgalys, Redhead, et al., 2002), seven families were segregated from Tricholomataceae. Late Oyster Mushroom was transferred to the new family Mycenaceae with the new name Panellus serotinus. In 2019 it was transferred again, this time to the new family Sarcomyxaceae, and the old name Sarcomyxa serotina was restored. The last move was not universally accepted. Species Fungorum and GBIF use the name Sarcomyxa serotina, while MycoBank and NatureServe use the name Panellus serotinus. |
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Synonyms |
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Agaricus serotinus Hohenbuehelia serotina Panellus serotinus Panus serotinus Pleurotus serotinus |
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Common Names |
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Late Fall Oyster Late Oyster Olive Oysterling |
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Glossary
Saprobic
A term often used for saprotrophic fungi. Referring to fungi that obtain their nutrients from decayed organic matter.
Slideshows |
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Panellus serotinus - fungi kingdom Nineli Lishina |
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Published on Jan 24, 2015 Panellus serotinus - fungi kingdom |
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Pařezník pozdní - Panellus serotinus Jiří Laštůvka - Kudláček |
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Published on Dec 27, 2012 Takto tu momentálně roste Pařezník pozdní - Panellus serotinus, na několika stromech. Google Translate: Thus there are currently growing Pařezník late - Panellus serotinus, several trees. |
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Fall Oyster Mushrooms Identification Panellus Serotinus chefjoshuaj |
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Uploaded on Nov 2, 2011 Gelatinous mushroom with velvety cap! Cap 3-10 cm wide and stem .8-1.5 cm tall by .5-1 cm wide. |
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Panellus serotinus pařezník pozdní Karel Filip |
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Published on Nov 18, 2014 Vzácná jedlá houba nižší kvality vynikající však na čínu. Roste na živých i odumřelých listnatých stromech. Google Translate: Rare edible mushroom of lower quality but at an excellent Chinese food. It grows on living and dead deciduous trees. |
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Late Fall Oyster, Wild mushroom RedFree100 |
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Uploaded on Nov 6, 2011 http://www.gabodabuilding.com/UnusualMushrooms.html If you have a different thought about the type of mushroom, please comment. |
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