Pleurotus dryinus (Pers.) P. Kumm.
(Veiled Oyster)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPleurotus dryinus (Veiled Oyster)
GenusPleurotus (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 Pleurotus dryinus (Veiled Oyster) :
1: Pleurotus dryinus (Veiled Oyster)
1 Oct 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
1-2 metres up trunk of living beech
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap (2)Image 3: Cap surface - close-upImage 4: Fruitbodies - undersideImage 5: Fruitbody - LSImage 6: Fruitbody - undersideImage 7: Gills and cap margin - close-upImage 8: Young fruitbodiesImage 9: Young fruitbodies showing veilImage 10: Young fruitbody showing veil
2: Pleurotus dryinus (Veiled Oyster)
14 Oct 1985 OSGR: ST89 51° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: East Glos (VC 33) England
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side view - in situImage 2: Fruitbodies - side view showing gills - in situImage 3: Fruitbodies - underside showing gills - lain downImage 4: Fruitbodies - underside showing gills - lain down (2)Image 5: Fruitbody - top view - lain downImage 6: Gills and stipe apex - close-up - in situImage 7: Cap cuticle hyphae - magnifiedImage 8: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 9: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 10: DescriptionImage 11: Description - contd

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Spooner, B.M. & Pegler, D.N. 1987 Profiles of Fungi No. 4: Pleurotus dryinus (Pers.: Fr.) Kummer Mycologist Vol 01 (2): 75.

Pleurotus dryinus (Veiled Oyster) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pleurotus dryinus (Veiled Oyster)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 17 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pleurotus dryinus (Veiled Oyster)
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