Veiled Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus dryinus & levis)

Very quick overview of the most distinctive wild oyster mushroom I know of. These have no dangerous look alikes and they're a great mushroom for practicing your identification skills.

The most important things to know here are that they have a visible ring around the stem, a stem that's tough as nails, and a rough textured cap. All look alikes are edible. For eating, I only really pay attention to these if I come across them in the fall since the fungal knat larvae are usually dormant then. Picked when it's warm outside they're usually buggy.

[walliethewalrus]

what!!! I just saw these today at my local nature center thats wild!! lovely video thank you for sharing your experimentation its great to see how much learning still goes on even deep in your foraging journey

[elarson]

Oh, the bugs. The bane of mushroom hunters.

[Mr.Philbert_Coffee_Esq]

I have found these and they smelled lemony to me. You did not mention that so I am wondering if it was the same mushroom?

[YunxiaoChu]

It’s actually lentinus levis not pleurotus levis