Pacific Northwest Fungi Forager
Oyster Mushrooms
Delicious oyster mushrooms grow throughout most of the year on all kinds of trees, learn to how to differentiate them from similar looking mushrooms with unknown edibility
Oyster Identification Check List:
1. Growing directly on wood
4. Cap is smooth, lacking scales or hair
2. Stem is off-center and has gills running down it
4. Gills are crowded and blade-like
3. Mature mushrooms are palm-sized or bigger
Compare Oysters to Look-Alikes:
Oyster
Gills: Crowded, smooth
Spores: Light brownish yellow
Favorite Tree: Cottonwoods
Edibility:🍽️
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Late Fall Oyster
Gills: Crowded, smooth
Spores: pale yellow
Favorite Trees: Birch, beach oak, maple, willow, alder
Edibility: 🍽️
Bitter Oyster
Gills: Crowded, smooth
Spores: White
Favorite Tree: Oak, birch, alder
Edibility: ⚠️
Gills: Crowded, smooth
Spores: Pink
Favorite Trees: Well rotted wood
Edibility: ⚠️
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Angel Wings
Gills: Crowded, smooth
Spores: white
Favorite Tree: Hemlock
Edibility: 🍽️
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Snowy Oysterling
Gills: Widely spaced, smooth
Spores: white
Favorite Tree: Hardwoods
Edibility: ⚠️
Oyster
Gills: Crowded, smooth
Spores: white, yellowish, or lavender
Favorite Tree: Conifers
Edibility: 🍽️
Gills: Crowded, smooth
Spores: white
Favorite Tree: Red alder, maple, and hemlock
Edibility: ⚠️
Gills: Sawtooth edges
Spores: Cream to yellow/brown
Favorite Tree: Conifers
Edibility:⚠️