| Phyllotopsis nidulans | |
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| Phyllotopsis nidulans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Phyllotopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Phyllotopsis |
| Species: | P. nidulans
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllotopsis nidulans | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Phyllotopsis nidulans | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Stipe is bare or lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is pink to pinkish-brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is unknown or inedible |
Phyllotopsis nidulans, commonly known as the mock oyster or the orange oyster, is a species of fungus in the family Phyllotopsidaceae, and the type species of the genus Phyllotopsis. It is widely dispersed in temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, where it grows on decaying wood. The fungus fruit body consists of a fan-shaped, light orange fuzzy cap up to 8 cm (3 in) wide that grows singly or in overlapping clusters. On the cap underside are crowded orange gills. Mock oyster mushrooms have a strong, unpleasant odor, and are regarded as inedible though nonpoisonous.[2][3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
urlMycoBank: Phyllotopsis nidulanswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.