Species

Pleurocybella porrigens (Angel’s wings)

Pleurocybella porrigens. Photo: (c) Carita Bergman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Pleurocybella porrigens is a species of fungus in the Marasmiaceae family. The species is widespread in temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere. P. porrigens, known as the angel wing, is a white-rot wood-decay fungus on conifer wood, particularly hemlock (genus Tsuga). The flesh is thin and fragile compared to the oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ssp.).

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Pleurotineae
        Family: Phyllotopsidaceae
        Genus: Pleurocybella
        Species: Pleurocybella porrigens (Angel’s wings)

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