Panellus mitis — Elastic Oysterling — Mycenaceae

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Small mushroom. Kidney or shell-shaped cap, flattened with age, velvety and whitish/pinkish when young maturing to pinkish-brown, marginfringed. Gills attached, semicircle, with small gills between, whitish becoming ochraceous. Stalk short, with fibrils, pinkish to pale olive.
 
Habitat: Clusters in wet habitat, on alder and maple.

Scent: Fungal

Spores: White

Season: Autumn

Short stalk
Heart O' The Forest Trail, ONP

Shell-shaped cap
Heart O' The Forest Trail, ONP

Clusters on alder, maple
Heart O' The Forest Trail, ONP