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Pleurotus pulmonarius (Fr.) Quél., Mém. Soc. Émul. Montbéliard Sér. 2 5: 11 (1872)

Agaricus pulmonarius Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 187 (1821)
Pleurotus ostreatus f. pulmonarius (Fr.) Pilát, Bull. trimest. Soc. mycol. Fr. 49: 281 (1933)

Habitat: On dead wood of deciduous trees, usually Fagus but often on Betula pendula and Ilex; rarely Aesculus and Sorbus aucuparia.

Notes: Often recorded, but frequently confused with Pleurotus ostreatus. Spores of P. pulmonarius are smaller, as are the basidiomes which also tend to become yellowish when dried.

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

Vouchers: England: K(M) 27934; Scotland: K(M) 81634; Wales: K(M) 81633

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 185
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. 23
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. 21-22

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