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1st August 2008, 04:32 PM
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| Admin - Dip Arb & Hort  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane
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|  Fungi ID | Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus? Unusual purplish colour fungi with a brown/grey underside, feels sort of like felt, definately makes the wood soft and punky. Oyster fungi are gilled underneath, these clearly are not. No stem, grows a little like ruffled cabbage. Have two shots, one juvenile clump and one more advanced. ID'd as Auricularia auricula-judae  
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1st August 2008, 05:11 PM
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| PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland
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| Re: Fungi ID | Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus? What you've got there IMO based on pics is the drying fruiting bodies of Auricularia sp or Jews ears
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1st August 2008, 05:12 PM
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| Re: Fungi ID | Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus? Some people like to eat them (I'm not one of them)
__________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran |
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2nd August 2008, 12:22 AM
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| Re: Fungi ID | Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus? Jews ear ... thanks Sean. And yes, common to Australia. Taingan-daga / Auricularia auricula-judae Schrot. / Jew's ear: Philippine Alternative Medicine / Medicinal Herbs / StuartXchange Quote:
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2nd August 2008, 12:29 AM
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| Re: Fungi ID | Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus? Quote:
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2nd August 2008, 01:41 AM
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| Mature tree  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lincoln England
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| Re: Fungi ID | Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus? Jews ear in uk is usually red or brown and we generally find it on elder bushes where they rot at the base. great colour contrast with the purple. its meant to be good for high blood pressure when eaten. |
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3rd August 2008, 08:26 AM
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| Sappling  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kernow - UK
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| Re: Fungi ID | Oyster mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus? Not bad when dried then added to soups, very strong taste, look like you wouldn't want to eat them though. Pretty sure they are saprobes so perhaps growing on dead /dying stem? Pleurotus are obligate parasites I think, therefore much more harmful to the tree. |
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