Angel's Wings
Pleurocybella porrigens (Pers.) Singer
Safety first
This mushroom is listed as deadly. Eating it can kill.
Many edible mushrooms have toxic lookalikes, and some of those can be fatal. Have any mushroom identified in person by a local expert before you eat it.
If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call US Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 or 911 right away. In Canada, call your provincial poison centre or 911.
Edibility
Deadly — can kill Source: Wikipedia: Pleurocybella porrigens
Classification from Wikipedia: Pleurocybella porrigens. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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Photos
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Photo: Moe Meikle. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Alexandria 'Alex' Wenninger. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Khyra (They/She). CC0. Source (inaturalist) -
Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
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| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 2 |
| February | 0 |
| March | 1 |
| April | 1 |
| May | 18 |
| June | 18 |
| July | 57 |
| August | 96 |
| September | 276 |
| October | 344 |
| November | 56 |
| December | 5 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- British Columbia 128 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 106 records · Foraging rules
- Pennsylvania 47 records · Foraging rules
- Quebec 47 records · Foraging rules
- Ontario 45 records · Foraging rules
- New York 42 records · Foraging rules
- Alaska 38 records · Foraging rules
- Oregon 24 records · Foraging rules
- Nova Scotia 23 records · Foraging rules
- Tennessee 22 records · Foraging rules
- Vermont 20 records · Foraging rules
- Michigan 19 records · Foraging rules
- Massachusetts 18 records · Foraging rules
- Virginia 15 records · Foraging rules
- Newfoundland and Labrador 15 records · Foraging rules
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- Maine11 records
- North Carolina9 records
- New Hampshire8 records
- California8 records
- West Virginia7 records
- New Brunswick6 records
- Colorado4 records
- Idaho3 records
- Illinois2 records
- Utah2 records
- Wisconsin2 records
- District of Columbia2 records
- Florida2 records
- Wyoming1 records
- Louisiana1 records
- Minnesota1 records
- Maryland1 records
Identification traits
| Cap shape | infundibuliform |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | gills |
| Ecology | saprotrophic |
| Stem features | bare |
| Spore print color | white |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Pleurocybella porrigens, also known as the angel wing, is a species of fungus in the family Phyllotopsidaceae. It medium-sized fruit bodies are whitish and fan-shaped. It is a wood-decay fungus on conifer wood and is widespread in temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere.
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