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Pleurotus dryinus (Pers.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 101 (1871)

Agaricus dryinus Pers., Comm. Schaeff. Icon. Pict.: 96 (1800)
Agaricus corticatus Fr., Mycological illustrations: pl. 4, fig. 2 (1870)
Pleurotus corticatus (Fr.) P. Kumm., Führ. Pilzk. (Zwickau): 101 (1871)
Pleurotus acerinus (Fr.) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 345 (1876) [1878]
Pleurotus corticatus var. tephrotrichus (Fr.) Gillet, Hyménomycètes (Alençon): 340 (1876) [1878]
Pleurotus spongiosus (Fr.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 340 (1887)
Pleurotus corticatus var. albertinii (Fr.) Rea, Brit. basidiomyc. (Cambridge): 441 (1922)

Habitat: On living wood of deciduous trees, often in knotholes or branch scars, most frequently on Fagus and Fraxinus and often Acer pseudoplatanus and Sambucus nigra. Also known on Aesculus, Betula, Malus, Populus, Salix, Sorbus aucuparia, Tilia, Ulmus and Zelkova spp. Rarely reported on conifers but a recent, verified collection on Picea sp.

Notes: Occasional in England, rarely reported elsewhere. Basidiomes are easily recognisable by the velutinate pilei and the presence of a thick veil (lacking in other British species of Pleurotus).

Distribution: E: o, S: !, W: !, NI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 31612; Scotland: K(M) 78378; Wales: K(M) 78275; NI: K(M) 78377

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 313, pl. 395
D:, in Watling, R. & Gregory, N.M., British Fungus Flora. Agarics and Boleti: 6 Crepidotaceae, Pleurotaceae and other pleurotoid agarics 6: 157 pp. (1989), p. 21
D+I:, in anon., Flora Agaricina Neerlandica 1: Critical Monographs of Families of Agarics and Boleti occuring in the Netherlands Entolomataceae, (Ed.: C.Bas, Th.W. Kuyper, M.E. Noordeloos & E.C. Vellinga) 1: 182 pp. (1988), p. 23-24

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