Pale Oyster / Indian Oyster

Pleurotus pulmonarius

Forests, parks, on dead rowans, goat willows or aspens. Summer, autumn.

Fruiting bodies medium-sized. Cap 3-10 cm across, fan-shaped, flattened, greyish, faded ochre, pinkish-yellowish, not fleshy. Gills white, greyish, yellowish, decurrent, not toothed. Stem lateral, 0.3-2.3x0.3-1 (1.5) cm. Flesh white, greyish, thin, with a mealy smell, not bitter. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies greyish, yellowish, brownish, growing several together on dead deciduous wood. Appears singly or in small groups. Common. A valuable edible mushroom.