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Scientific name: Pleurotus dryinus (Persoon:Fries)
Kummer
Derivation of name: Dry- means "oak" and inus means
"pertaining or belonging to." Oak is a common substrate for
this fungus.
Synonyms: Pleurotus corticatus; Armillaria dryina.
Common name(s): Veiled oyster.
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Occurrence on wood substrate: Saprobic/parasitic;
solitary to several on decaying logs, stumps, and trunks of
deciduous trees, also on trunks of living trees; July through
October.
Dimensions: Caps 4-12 cm wide; stipes 4-10 cm long and
1-3 cm thick.
Cap: Dry; whitish to pale yellow; cottony-hairy, then scaly
in age; veil fragments often on margin.
Gills: Decurrent; white, becoming yellowish with age.
Spore print: White.
Stipe: Central to eccentric; whitish.
Veil: Whitish partial veil leaving membranous ring on upper
stalk which may disappear with age.
Edibility: Edible.
Comments: This is the only Pleurotus species with a veil.
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Figure 1. Veiled oyster has decurrent gills, a ring, and an
overall white color. Photo © William Roody.
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