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Hohenbuehelia petaloides

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Hohenbuehelia petaloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pleurotaceae
Genus: Hohenbuehelia
Species:
H. petaloides
Binomial name
Hohenbuehelia petaloides
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus petaloides Bull.

Hohenbuehelia petaloides, commonly known as the leaflike oyster[2] or the shoehorn oyster mushroom,[3] is a species of agaric fungus belonging to the family Pleurotaceae.[4] The fruit bodies have pale to brown funnel-shaped caps with decurrent gills[2] and are considered edible.[5] The species has a cosmopolitan distribution[4] and is found near the decaying wood it feeds on.[2]

Taxonomy

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The species was first described in 1785 by Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard.[6] It was later assigned to the new genus, Hohenbuehelia, in 1866 by Stephan Schulzer von Müggenburg.[6][7] Synonyms include Hohenbuehelia geogenia[4] and Pleurotus petaloides.[2]

Description

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The cap ranges from fan-shaped to funnel-shaped, growing up to 10 cm wide.[2] The cap surface is smooth or microscopically hairy and ranges in color from pale or whitish (often when young) to brown.[2] The gills are decurrent and are often crowded and narrow.[5] The stem is either absent or short and attached laterally.[5] The texture is tough or rubbery due to the gelatinous layer under the cuticle.[2] The mushroom has a mealy taste and odor[8] and is considered edible, although the tough texture may not be appealing.[5]

Habitat and distribution

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The species is saprobic, feeding on decaying wood.[2] It can be found either alone or clustering in small groups around woody debris or the occasional stump.[2] The species is considered to have a cosmopolitan distribution[4] and is known to be found in regions including North America, Venezuela, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand.[9] Like most Pleurotaceae, it is nematophagous.[10]

References

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Hohenbuehelia petaloides
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or depressed
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Hohenbuehelia petaloides". www.messiah.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  3. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  4. ^ a b c d "Hohenbuehelia petaloides (Bull.) Schulzer". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Hohenbuehelia petaloides, a wood decay fungus that eats nematodes, Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for August 2000". botit.botany.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  6. ^ a b "Index Fungorum: Hohenbuehelia petaloides".
  7. ^ Schulzer von Müggenburg, S. (1866). "Hohenbuehelia petaloides". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (in German). 16: 45.
  8. ^ "April Foraging Forecast". Central Texas Mycological Society. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  9. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  10. ^ Consiglio, G.; Setti, L.; Thorn, R.G. (2018-12-18). "New species of Hohenbuehelia , with comments on the Hohenbuehelia atrocoerulea – Nematoctonus robustus species complex". Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 41 (1): 202–212. doi:10.3767/persoonia.2018.41.10. ISSN 0031-5850. PMC 6344808. PMID 30728605.