Seen in Explore. Highest position: 2 A mushroom with two common names, it is also known as the Poached Egg fungus. Very common, edible after washing to remove gluten. I've tried these and they're not worth the effort. This photo has been uploaded for enjoyment of the image not to aid in identification. Picking wild mushrooms to eat without expert knowledge will probably result in you dying. location: Europe edibility: Edible fungus colour: White to cream stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent, Ring on stem flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky spore colour: White, cream or yellowish habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad. ex Fr.) Kühn. syn. Armillaria mucida (Schrad. ex Fr.) Kummer Buchen-Schleimrühling, Collybie mucide Porcelain fungus, Poached Egg fungus. Cap 2–8cm across, convex then flattening, pale greyish when young becoming more white often with an ochraceous flush at the centre, semi-translucent, slimy. Stem 30–100×3–10mm, white striate above the membranous ring, slightly scaly below. Flesh thin, white. Cystidia thin-walled cylindric or utriform. Spore print white. Spores subglobose 13–18×12–15m. Cap cuticle hymeniform, of erect club-shaped cells. Habitat on the trunks of beech, often high up and in large clusters. Season late summer to late autumn. info by Roger Phillips: www.rogersmushrooms.com
