Help id of a Fungus

[Arijit Banerjee]

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

[tanay bose]

This is Pleurotus ... the believe the fungus is dry

Tanay

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Arijit Banerjee <ari...@gmail.com> wrote:

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]

I too think, it is Pleurotus.

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[Satish Chile]

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]

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.

Regards

Tanay

[JM Garg]

Appears close to images at Lentinus sajor-caju (Fr.) Fr.

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Suhaib ji,

Is it Lentinus sajor-caju (Fr.) Fr.?

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[Saroj Kasaju]

Looks close but ring on the stem not visible!

Thank you.

Saroj Kasaju

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Any views, Suhaib ji.

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