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Arijit Banerjee

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22 Apr 2011, 3:22:35 am22/04/11
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I imaged this fungus sporocarp growing on a fallen mango log in Kolkata today (22 April 2011) . yellowish in colour, soft to touch, it was a relatively large structure. Could someone help in its ID please?

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tanay bose

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22 Apr 2011, 10:24:42 am22/04/11
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This is Pleurotus ... the believe the fungus is dry
Tanay


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I imaged this fungus sporocarp growing on a fallen mango log in Kolkata today (22 April 2011) . yellowish in colour, soft to touch, it was a relatively large structure. Could someone help in its ID please?

Arijit Banerjee



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Inderjeet Sethi

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21 May 2011, 1:45:23 pm21/05/11
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I too think, it is Pleurotus.
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Satish Chile

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23 May 2011, 4:27:52 am23/05/11
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Cantharellus sp cannot ruled out.

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:54 PM, tanay bose <tanay...@gmail.com> wrote:

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tanay bose

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23 May 2011, 10:11:33 am23/05/11
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Hi Satish Ji,
The Cantharels have infundibuliform caps with the gill ridges extending upto the
stipe. I dont think this is Cantharels.... atleast in India its quite rare.

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JM Garg

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31 Mar 2019, 5:31:12 am31/03/19
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Appears close to images at Lentinus sajor-caju (Fr.) Fr.
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J.M. Garg

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8 May 2020, 2:18:57 am08/05/20
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Hi, Suhaib ji,
Is it Lentinus sajor-caju (Fr.) Fr.?

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Saroj Kasaju

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8 May 2020, 2:21:47 am08/05/20
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Looks close but ring on the stem not visible!
Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju


J.M. Garg

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11 May 2020, 3:26:43 am11/05/20
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