<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Olive-oysterling-image-from-below-300x300.png\")
<\/h2>\r\n
Olive Oysterling Identification guide. Everything you need to safely identify this mushroom from it’s toxic lookalikes.<\/p>\r\n
Common Names:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nOlive like oysterling<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nBotanical Name<\/em><\/strong>:<\/em><\/h2>\r\nSarcomyxa Serotina<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Meaning of Botanical Name:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nSarcomyxa meaning slimy flesh, serotina meaning late, referring to it growing late in the season often fruiting after the first frosts<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nScientific Classification:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nKingdom<\/strong>: Fungi,\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Division<\/strong>: Basidiomycota,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Class<\/strong>: Agaricomycetes,\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Order<\/strong>: Agaricales,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Family<\/strong>: Marasmiaceae<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Genus<\/strong>: Sarcomyxa<\/p>\r\n
\r\nKnown Hazards:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nContains carcinogens which could lead to cancerous growth.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Could be confused with:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nSpecies of oyster such as the grey oyster<\/a> (edible), Angel wings<\/a> is the only one to be wary of as its reported as being toxic – it is porcelain white.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Food Plant of:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nInsect larvae\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Range and Distribution:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nFound in Britain and Ireland, as well parts of North America<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Habitat:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nOccurs on dead trees and logs favouring deciduous trees but occasionally found on conifer trees\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Physical Characteristics of the Olive Oysterling:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nCap<\/h2>\r\n
Buff brown with olive green tinge caps which have a wavy edge, they\u2019re very slimy when wet.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/pXcgaL47CgU_SCB2MzcbxpVS8mNZGcEXJ817QbXBFRQwZgD7Tjd3SMjcVagyyR3HKXFBzlb_tsnCcacdDFSbWvtMAhIXQMQztK0ftV0MDZBdRLrDnzBw41dlPnJ1lwQb_LwhNuJE\")
<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nStem<\/h2>\r\n
It has a short off-centre stem or nub<\/p>\r\n
\r\nGills<\/h2>\r\n
The gills of the Olive Oysterling are yellowish turning brown with age and are decurrent, running from the cap edge all the way down the nub.<\/p>\r\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Decurrent-Gill-1.png\")
<\/p>\r\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/KZt72py9yfMy4a0O-faFFngtWWhXTZRwor1x4u80iT2-mLaodqlg783osPiqYog3P6HCoTMVh5FgbZ8gWPbu8qNKYcWeKSuiY2qH8cyyq4mmDiS2Y2VEfkfwCAl3ZwERDv4cvs6p\")
<\/p>\r\n
\r\nSpores<\/h2>\r\n
They have white sausage-shaped spores. They often grow singularly or in small clusters.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Edible Use:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nDue to the carcinogens, we do not advise eating this mushroom.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Herbal:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nThere is evidence that extracts from this mushroom can help prevent fatty liver disease.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/w47E6yGpQKuYLmhcJP8DH-TMrVkPJAKIbjNjaCSuG0Ljf45mGuZ8sOrObOxDaYdSPy9a0dPBe4jGk2hHxBOI3llzZTypx__DZ7hgjiKMY4-2ggcsI3HgxFDsmizuLz_nbdRc8_gn\")
<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Olive Oysterling \/ Spring \/ Summer \/ Autumn \/ Not Edible\u00a0 Olive Oysterling Identification guide. Everything you need to safely identify this mushroom from it’s toxic lookalikes. Common Names: Olive like oysterling Botanical Name: Sarcomyxa Serotina Meaning of Botanical Name: Sarcomyxa meaning slimy flesh, serotina meaning late, referring to it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,1778,1781,88,1776,1777],"tags":[406,445,233,446,452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22704"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79274,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704\/revisions\/79274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Sarcomyxa Serotina<\/p>\r\n
\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Meaning of Botanical Name:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nSarcomyxa meaning slimy flesh, serotina meaning late, referring to it growing late in the season often fruiting after the first frosts<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nScientific Classification:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nKingdom<\/strong>: Fungi,\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Division<\/strong>: Basidiomycota,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Class<\/strong>: Agaricomycetes,\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Order<\/strong>: Agaricales,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Family<\/strong>: Marasmiaceae<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Genus<\/strong>: Sarcomyxa<\/p>\r\n
\r\nKnown Hazards:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nContains carcinogens which could lead to cancerous growth.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Could be confused with:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nSpecies of oyster such as the grey oyster<\/a> (edible), Angel wings<\/a> is the only one to be wary of as its reported as being toxic – it is porcelain white.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Food Plant of:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nInsect larvae\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Range and Distribution:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nFound in Britain and Ireland, as well parts of North America<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Habitat:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nOccurs on dead trees and logs favouring deciduous trees but occasionally found on conifer trees\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Physical Characteristics of the Olive Oysterling:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nCap<\/h2>\r\n
Buff brown with olive green tinge caps which have a wavy edge, they\u2019re very slimy when wet.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nStem<\/h2>\r\n
It has a short off-centre stem or nub<\/p>\r\n
\r\nGills<\/h2>\r\n
The gills of the Olive Oysterling are yellowish turning brown with age and are decurrent, running from the cap edge all the way down the nub.<\/p>\r\n
<\/p>\r\n
<\/p>\r\n
\r\nSpores<\/h2>\r\n
They have white sausage-shaped spores. They often grow singularly or in small clusters.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Edible Use:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nDue to the carcinogens, we do not advise eating this mushroom.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Herbal:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\nThere is evidence that extracts from this mushroom can help prevent fatty liver disease.<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n
<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Olive Oysterling \/ Spring \/ Summer \/ Autumn \/ Not Edible\u00a0 Olive Oysterling Identification guide. Everything you need to safely identify this mushroom from it’s toxic lookalikes. Common Names: Olive like oysterling Botanical Name: Sarcomyxa Serotina Meaning of Botanical Name: Sarcomyxa meaning slimy flesh, serotina meaning late, referring to it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,1778,1781,88,1776,1777],"tags":[406,445,233,446,452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22704"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79274,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704\/revisions\/79274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Kingdom<\/strong>: Fungi,\u00a0<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Division<\/strong>: Basidiomycota,<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Class<\/strong>: Agaricomycetes,\u00a0<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Order<\/strong>: Agaricales,<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Family<\/strong>: Marasmiaceae<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Genus<\/strong>: Sarcomyxa<\/p>\r\n Contains carcinogens which could lead to cancerous growth.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Species of oyster such as the grey oyster<\/a> (edible), Angel wings<\/a> is the only one to be wary of as its reported as being toxic – it is porcelain white.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Insect larvae\u00a0<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Found in Britain and Ireland, as well parts of North America<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Occurs on dead trees and logs favouring deciduous trees but occasionally found on conifer trees\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Buff brown with olive green tinge caps which have a wavy edge, they\u2019re very slimy when wet.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n It has a short off-centre stem or nub<\/p>\r\n The gills of the Olive Oysterling are yellowish turning brown with age and are decurrent, running from the cap edge all the way down the nub.<\/p>\r\n They have white sausage-shaped spores. They often grow singularly or in small clusters.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n Due to the carcinogens, we do not advise eating this mushroom.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n There is evidence that extracts from this mushroom can help prevent fatty liver disease.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Olive Oysterling \/ Spring \/ Summer \/ Autumn \/ Not Edible\u00a0 Olive Oysterling Identification guide. Everything you need to safely identify this mushroom from it’s toxic lookalikes. Common Names: Olive like oysterling Botanical Name: Sarcomyxa Serotina Meaning of Botanical Name: Sarcomyxa meaning slimy flesh, serotina meaning late, referring to it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,1778,1781,88,1776,1777],"tags":[406,445,233,446,452],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22704"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79274,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22704\/revisions\/79274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\nKnown Hazards:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
\r\nCould be confused with:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
\r\nFood Plant of:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
\r\nRange and Distribution:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
\r\nHabitat:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
\r\nPhysical Characteristics of the Olive Oysterling:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
Cap<\/h2>\r\n
\r\nStem<\/h2>\r\n
\r\nGills<\/h2>\r\n
<\/p>\r\n
\r\nSpores<\/h2>\r\n
\r\nEdible Use:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n
\r\nHerbal:<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\r\n