Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Maire) Singer
(Spatula Oyster)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster)
GenusHohenbuehelia (a genus of oyster fungi)
FamilyPLEUROTACEAE (oyster fungi)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster) :
1: Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster)
18 Sep 2001 OSGR: TQ02 51° 0’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Cap - close-upImage 2: Cap - in situ - oblique viewImage 3: Cap - in situ - top viewImage 4: GillsImage 5: Gills - close-upImage 6: Cap surface - enlarged
2: Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster)
5 Sep 2000 OSGR: TQ02 51° 0’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on large fallen beech log
Image 1: Fruitbodies - gillsImage 2: Fruitbodies - in situ - edge-on viewImage 3: Fruitbodies - in situ - edge-on view - closerImage 4: Fruitbodies - in situ - top viewImage 5: Fruitbodies - in situ - undersidesImage 6: Fruitbodies - in situ - undersides (2)Image 7: Fruitbody - top viewImage 8: Fruitbody - top view - close-upImage 9: GillsImage 10: Gills - close-upImage 11: (?Young) cystidium with gummy tipImage 12: Cap cuticle TSImage 13: Cap cuticle TS (2)Image 14: Cap margin with hymeniform layer and occasional cystidiaImage 15: Cap margin with hymeniform layer and occasional cystidia (2)Image 16: CheilocystidiumImage 17: CystidiaImage 18: Cystidia in gill squashImage 19: Cystidia showing curved or blunt base and often gummy apexImage 20: Gill edgeImage 21: Gills - TS showing cheilocystidiaImage 22: Gill TSImage 23: Gill TS - showing cheilocystidiaImage 24: Gill - TS with cystidia and elongate cell at gill edgeImage 25: SporesImage 26: Spores (2)Image 27: Spores (3)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ainsworth, M. 2004 Developing tools for assessing fungal interest in habitats, 1: beech woodland saprotrophs Research Reports, Report no 597, 75pp, English Nature

Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hohenbuehelia auriscalpium (Spatula Oyster)

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