Pleurotaceae

Illustrations of British fungi (Hymenomycetes)London,Williams and Norgate,1881-91.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2894562

Photographed in Mt Field National Park, along the Russell and Horseshoe Falls track. Photo by my husband, Chris Ryan.This is a wild guess! Cymatoderma elegans? But then, it looks like it has gills... I have a feeling that I'm waaaaay off track with this one!The fungus had been broken apart by something. The other piece was lying not far away on the log.IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Photographed in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, on the Franklin River Nature Trail.IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Photographed in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, on the Franklin River Nature Trail.IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Photographed by my husband, Chris Ryan, in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, on the Franklin River Nature Trail.IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Photographed in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park, on the Franklin River Nature Trail.IDENTIFYING AUSTRALIAN RAINFOREST PLANTS,TREES & FUNGI - Flick Group --> DATABASE INDEX - TAGS

Atlas des champignons comestibles et veneneuxParis,P. Klincksieck,1891.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3270618

Nouvel atlas de poche des champignons comestibles et veneneux. v.1.Paris,Leon Lhome,1911-1912.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3894972

Also known as King Trumpet mushroom, French Horn mushroom, King Oyster mushroom, Boletus of the Steppes, and Trumpet RoyalePleurotaceaeNative to Mediterranean regions of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, but also grown in parts of AsiaThis is an edible and medicinal mushroom. Pleurotus eryngii is the largest species in the oyster mushroom genus, Pleurotus, and may naturally contain chemicals that stimulate the immune system.*San Francisco, California*Nozaki H, Itonori S, Sugita M, Nakamura K, Ohba K, Suzuki A, Kushi Y. (Aug 2008), "Mushroom acidic glycosphingolipid induction of cytokine secretion from murine T cells and proliferation of NK1.1 alpha/beta TCR-double positive cells in vitro", Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 373 (3): 4359

Torralba de los Frailes: Aragn (Espaa).