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Porcelain Fungus

Edible

Autumn

Summer

Porcelain Fungus, Oudemansiella mucida.

Grows in large numbers and is great for the pot as long as the tough stems are removed and the slime washed off.

Please note that each and every mushroom you come across may vary in appearance to these photos.

Cap

Slightly grey becoming white and covered in clear slime. Convex then flattening.

Gills white, quite distant and joined to the stem, adnate.

White, thin and tough and has a small skirt.

Has a small but usually visible skirt.

Thin and white.

On trunks of diseased or dead beech trees and stumps, often in vast numbers.

It is not really possible to confuse this mushroom with any other with its porcelain look and slimy top.

White. Has many spores and a print can take less than an hour. Globose to subglobose.

Not distinctive when raw, good mushroomy taste when the slime is washed off and the mushroom cooked. Should be cooked before consumption.