Possible ID: Panellus sp.
Classification:
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Panellus
Location:
These mushrooms were collected in Pennsylvania woods on April 2nd off of a hardwood tree species. Pluerotoid mushrooms are saprobic and grow in clusters.
Description:
The fruit bodies are small, grow on wood (pleurotoid), have light brown gills that radiate outward from the stipe attachment, and form kidney shaped caps that are are brown along the outside and beige towards the center of the cap. The stipe is connected to the side of the cap and multiple mushrooms grow in clusters on top of one-another. This mushroom has a white spore print.
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