Sarcomyxa serotina is a species of fungus in the family Sarcomyxaceae. Its recommended English name in the UK is olive oysterling.[1] In North America it is known as late fall oyster or late oyster mushroom.[2] Fruit bodies grow as greenish, overlapping fan- or oyster-shaped caps on the wood of both coniferous and deciduous trees. The gills on the underside are closely spaced, bright orange yellow, and have an adnate attachment to the stipe. It produces a yellow spore print; spores are smooth, amyloid, and measure 4–6 by 1–2 μm.[3]

Sarcomyxa serotina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Sarcomyxaceae
Genus: Sarcomyxa
Species:
S. serotina
Binomial name
Sarcomyxa serotina
(Pers.) P. Karst. (1891)
Synonyms
  • Agaricus serotinus Pers. (1793)
  • Pleurotus serotinus (Pers.) P.Kumm. (1871)
  • Acanthocystis serotinus (Pers.) Konrad & Maubl. (1937)
  • Hohenbuehelia serotina (Pers.) Singer (1951)
  • Panellus serotinus (Pers.) Kühner (1950)
  • Panus serotinus (Pers.) Kühner (1980)

The species is considered to be either edible or inedible, with the taste ranging from mild to bitter. Research has revealed that two separate species exist, Sarcomyxa serotina and Sarcomyxa edulis (unknown in Europe).[4] The latter is cultivated for food in China and Japan.[5]

References

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Sarcomyxa serotina
 Gills on hymenium
   Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
   Stipe is bare or lacks a stipe
 
Spore print is yellow
 Ecology is saprotrophic
 Edibility is edible
  1. ^ Holden L. "English names for fungi". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  2. ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
  3. ^ McKnight KH. (1998). A Field Guide to Mushrooms: North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 180. ISBN 0-395-91090-0.
  4. ^ Dai Y, Niemelä T, Qin G (2003). "Changbai wood-rotting fungi 14. A new pleurotoid species Panellus edulis". Annales Botanici Fennici. 40 (2): 107–112.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Tian F, Li C, Li Y (2021). "Genomic analysis of Sarcomyxa edulis reveals the basis of its medicinal properties and evolutionary relationships". Front. Microbiol. 12: 652324. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.652324. PMC 8281127. PMID 34276589.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)