Wednesday 12 February 2014

A Land Oyster?

On one of our regular routes stands the stump of a tree which was cut down a few years ago. From time to time there is a fungus growing on it.

The way it droops over the edge of the stump always reminds me of  Salvador Dali's Melting Clock:

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I always find it difficult to identify fungi but I think this one is the Oyster Mushroom - Pleurotus ostreatus.

4 comments:

  1. Yes John they are. If picked before they go slimy they make good stir fry.

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    1. Thanks for the confirmation Adrian. I had read that they were edible.

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  2. how very cool. and you're right. :)

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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