SCIENTIFIC NAME: OUDEMANSIELLA MUCIDA
VERNACULAR NAME: PORECELAIN FUNGUS

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CAP 10-15cm in diameter.  At first convex becoming more flattened and greying with age. Faintly striate towards the margin and very glutinous when wet. Semi-translucent.
STIPE White and striate above the distinctive ring. Slightly scaly below.
GILLS/PORES Gills are widely spaced with intermediate gills in between.
FLESH Thin and white with no distinct taste or odour..
SPORES White to cream, subglobose. 
HABITAT Found on dead trunks and branches of Beech.
SEASON Common, autumn.
EDIBILITY Edible with the skin peeled.  a

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