Sarcomyxa serotina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Sarcomyxaceae |
| Genus: | Sarcomyxa |
| Species: | S. serotina
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| Sarcomyxa serotina | |
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Sarcomyxa serotina is a species of fungus in the family Sarcomyxaceae. Its recommended English name in the UK is olive oysterling.[1] In North America it is known as late fall oyster or late oyster mushroom.[2]
Description
[edit]The fruit bodies predominately comprise greenish, overlapping fan- or oyster-shaped caps. The caps are up to 9 centimetres (3+1⁄2 in) wide.[3] The gills on the underside are closely spaced, bright orange yellow, and have an adnate to decurrent attachment to the short and stout stem.[3] The spores are smooth, amyloid, and measure 4–6 by 1–2 μm; they produce a cream to yellow spore print.[4]
Habitat
[edit]It grows on fallen hardwood and sometimes conifers in cold weather in North America, serving as an indicator that the mushroom season is nearly over.[2]
Uses
[edit]The species is considered to be either edible but not choice[2] or inedible, with a flavour ranging from mild to bitter. Research has revealed that two separate species exist, Sarcomyxa serotina and S. edulis (unknown in Europe).[5] The latter is cultivated for food in China and Japan.[6]
References
[edit]Sarcomyxa serotina | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Hymenium is adnate or decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare or lacks a stipe |
 | Spore print is yellow |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is edible |
- ^ Holden L. "English names for fungi". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ a b c Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. pp. 137–138. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
- ^ a b Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 410. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ McKnight KH. (1998). A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 180. ISBN 0-395-91090-0.
- ^ Dai Y, Niemelä T, Qin G (2003). "Changbai wood-rotting fungi 14. A new pleurotoid species Panellus edulis". Annales Botanici Fennici. 40 (2): 107–112.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Tian F, Li C, Li Y (2021). "Genomic analysis of Sarcomyxa edulis reveals the basis of its medicinal properties and evolutionary relationships". Front. Microbiol. 12: 652324. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.652324. PMC 8281127. PMID 34276589.
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