Species details

Angel wings

Pleurocybella porrigens

Poisonous
Angel wings – Pleurocybella porrigens

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Description

A thin white shell-shaped mushroom without a stem, growing in overlapping clusters on conifer wood.

Identification features

Gills are white, crowded, and run to the attachment point; the flesh is very thin and fragile.

Habitat

On heavily decayed conifer wood, especially fir and spruce, in moist woodland.

Fruiting period

August, September, October, November

Similar species

  • Pleurotus pulmonarius
  • Crepidotus species
  • Phyllotopsis nidulans