Jan 17, 2022
Panellus stipticus | Styptic False Oyster Mushroom, Styptic Panus
Found year-round Inedible
I’m not 100% on this mushroom, but this identification seemed to be the closest match. This is yet another of my early warm January finds: A tough, leathery cluster living on fallen deadwood. I truly wish I had take a sample home because my books say the gills of fresh young specimens should be luminescent (meaning they glow in the dark!) If I were to go back to look for it now, it should be shriveled up, and will rehydrate in the spring. Spores from this mushroom should be white.