Wrinkled Peach

(Rhodotus palmatus)

Conservation Status
Wrinkled Peach
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

 
  NatureServe

not listed

 
  Minnesota

not listed

 
           
           
           
 
Description
 
 

Wrinkled Peach is a small to medium-sized, easily recognized but infrequently found gill mushroom. It is found scattered or in small groups on fallen, rotting hardwoods, especially on elm but occasionally also on basswood and maple. It is saprobic, getting its nutrients from well-decayed wood.

The stalk (stipe) is 1¼to 2¾ long, to in diameter, solid, tough, dry, and slightly hairy. It is white to pinkish, the color determined by the amount and color of light it receives. It is often curved due to its appearance on the side of a fallen log. It is attached to the bottom of the cap centrally, slightly off-center, or almost laterally. It sometimes exudes red or orange sap. There are no remnants of a universal veil clinging to the stalk.

The cap is ¾ to 4 in diameter, thick, and tough. It is pink and convex at first. As it ages it flattens out and becomes salmon, peach-colored, pink, or red. Like the stipe, the color is determined by the amount and color of light it receives. The margin is curved under. The skin in the upper surface (pellicle) is gelatinous and sometimes slimy to the touch. It is usually, but not always, conspicuously wrinkled with a network of whitish, cross-linked ridges. The presence of wrinkles is indicative of alternating wet and dry conditions. In an always wet environment, the surface will be smooth, puffy, and gelatinous. The pellicle peels off easily and completely.

The flesh is pinkish, firm, and rubbery. It is considered inedible due to its bitter taste, but at least one source (Roger’s Mushrooms) lists the taste as mild.

The gills are thick, closely spaced, and broadly attached to the stipe. They are similar in color to, but slightly paler than, the cap.

The spore print is pinkish.

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
 

No similar species. The lightly-colored netted surface, when present, is distinctive.

 
     
 
Habitat and Hosts
 
 

Dead deciduous wood, especially maple and elm

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Season

 
 

June through September

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

4, 7, 24, 26, 29, 30.

 
  1/6/2022      
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Infrequent

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Fungi (fungi)  
  Subkingdom Dikarya  
  Phylum Basidiomycota (club fungi)  
  Subphylum Agaricomycotina (jelly fungi, yeasts, and mushrooms)  
  Class Agaricomycetes (mushrooms, bracket fungi, puffballs, and allies)  
  Subclass Agaricomycetidae  
  Order Agaricales (common gilled mushrooms and allies)  
  Suborder Marasmiineae  
  Family Physalacriaceae  
  Genus Rhodotus  
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Agaricus palmatus

Agaricus palmatus var. palmatus

Agaricus palmatus var. sessilis

Agaricus phlebophorus var. reticulatus

Agaricus subpalmatus

Crepidotus palmatus

Dendrosarcus subpalmatus

Entoloma cookei

Gyrophila palmata

Pleuropus palmatus

Pleurotus palmatus

Pleurotus subpalmatus

Rhodotus palmatus f. cystidiophorus

Rhodotus palmatus f. palmatus

Rhodotus subpalmatus

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

netted rhodotus

rosy veincap

wrinkled peach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Pellicle

A thin, outer, gelatinous membrane on the surface of the cap of a mushroom.

 

Saprobic

A term often used for saprotrophic fungi. Referring to fungi that obtain their nutrients from decayed organic matter.

 

Stipe

A supporting stalk-like structure lacking vascular tissue: in fungi, the stalk supporting the mushroom cap; in ferns, the stalk connecting the blade to the rhizome; in flowering plants, the stalk connecting the flower’s ovary to the receptacle; in orchids; the band connecting the pollina with the viscidium.

 

Universal veil

An egg-like structure that envelopes all or most of a developing gill mushroom. Remnants of the universal veil sometimes visible on a mature mushroom are patchy warts on the cap, a ring on the stalk, and a volva at the base of the stalk.

 

 

Increasing

Before the middle of the twentieth century this mushroom was rare in North America. With the advance of Dutch elm disease the number of dead elms has greatly increased as has the population of this mushroom.

 
 
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Published on Jan 25, 2015

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Rhodotus Palamatus.

Seta muy rara cogida por la Asociacion Micologica Torrejon de Ardoz

el 8 de Mayo de 2010

Identificada por Miguel Grazziani

   
  Rhodotus Palmatus
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  DBaloi
9/5/2021

Location: Walker, West Virginia

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Location: Eden Prairie, MN

Wrinkled Peach  
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6/2/2018

Location: Beaver Falls Township

 
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9/6/2017

Location: Rum River Central Regional Park

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