Pleurocybella porrigens

Pleurocybella porrigens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Phyllotopsidaceae
Genus: Pleurocybella
Species:
P. porrigens
Binomial name
Pleurocybella porrigens
(Pers.) Singer (1947)[1]
Pleurocybella porrigens
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is infundibuliform
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is not recommended or deadly

Pleurocybella porrigens is a species of fungus in the family Phyllotopsidaceae. The species is widespread in temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere.[2] P. porrigens, known as the angel wing, is a white-rot wood-decay fungus on conifer wood, particularly hemlock (genus Tsuga).[3] The flesh is thin and fragile compared to the oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ssp.).[3]

Pleurocybella porrigens was once regarded as edible, but in the early 21st century, this was brought into question by deadly poisonings associated with its consumption.

Synonyms for Pleurocybella porrigens include Pleurotus porrigens, Phyllotus porrigens, Dendrosarcus porrigens, Pleurotellus porrigens, and Nothopanus porrigens.

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