The size of the plant varies, the cap being commonly from two to five inches long. It grows in woods and open places, on stumps and logs of various kinds. Its edible quality is quite as good as the Oyster mushroom. The only way by which it can be distinguished from the P. ostreatus is by its lilac-tinted spores. It is found from June to November.
Photo by C. G. Lloyd.
Plate XX. Figure 123.—Pleurotus sapidus.
Pleurotus serotinoides. Pk.
The Yellowish Pleurotus. Edible.
Figure 124.—Pleurotus serotinoides. One-third natural size.