Sighting 4246160
Pleurotus sp.
Pleurotus at Wattamolla, NSW
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| Pleurotus sp. | 5 Jun 2025 | Heinol | ||
| Pleurotus sp. | 27 Dec 2019 | Pam | ||
| Unverified | 26 Dec 2019 | WattaWanderer |
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User's notes
This was growing at the end of a relatively freshly fallen branch of a large Small Leafed Fig tree
1 comment
Pam
wrote:
27 Dec 2019
I suspect this is a Pleurotus sp. becuase of the fan-like form, colour and being attached to wood. Can you confirm that the fertile surface was comprised of gills. It looks like very dried up ones from the second image. If this is the case this genus should have white spores.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.648286-34.731089
- Places Wattamolla, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 23 Dec 2019 09:58 AM Recorded on
- WattaWanderer Recorded by
Collections
- WattaWanderer NatureMapr South Coast Other caps, gills below, no stem Caps, gills below, no stem & usually on wood [stemless mushrooms & the like] Fungi Pleurotus sp.
Species information
- Pleurotus sp. Scientific name
- Pleurotus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1288.6m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Description
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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