Veiled Oyster

Pleurotus dryinus – Inedible

Parks, roadsides, on damaged parts of living deciduous trees. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies large. Cap 3-13 (20) cm across, semicircular and broadly fan-shaped when young, later flattened, slightly depressed, fibrous, scaly, the margin bent downwards, with remnants of the membranous veil, white, grey, yellowish. Gills white, cream, yellowish, decurrent, edges not toothed. Stem 2-6x1-4 cm, eccentric, lateral, hairy, white, yellowish. Flesh firm, white, with a pleasant, piquant smell and a nutty taste. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies broadly fan-shaped, whitish-grey, flesh fleshy, with a piquant smell. Grows singly on deciduous, rarely on coniferous trees (at a damaged spot) or on dead wood. Inedible, not rare.