Elastic Oysterling

Panellius mitis – Poisonous

On fallen pine branches, windfalls, stumps. Autumn, spring.

Fruiting bodies tiny. Cap 0.5-2 (3) cm across, round, kidney-shaped, flattened, greyish, brownish, very tough. Gills elastic, white when young, later brownish, leathery, narrow, adnexed. Stem 0.2-0.8x0.2-0.5 cm, lateral, tapering, white, fibrous. Flesh tough, white, thin, with an unpleasant taste, without any particular smell. Characteristic features: fruiting bodies yellowish-brownish, stem lateral, grows only on dead coniferous, especially pine, wood. Appears in small groups or groups. An active wood saprotroph. Very common, alive during thaws and in winter. There are reports that it is poisonous.