Pleurotus dryinus

Veiled oyster.

Archetypal fruit body on a longitudinal beech wound in Epping Forest, UK.
Developing fruit bodies on willow in Epping Forest, UK.
Fruit body with weather damage on rowan in Basildn, UK.
Mature fruit bodies on box elder in Basildon, UK.
Developing fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Mature fruit bodies on sycamore in Laindon, UK.
On a longitudinal beech wound showing the gilled surface and stipe in Epping Forest, UK.
Gilled surface of fruit body on Styphnolobium japonicum in Southend, UK.
The stipe of fruit bodies on sycamore in Laindon, UK.
On a longitudinal beech wound in Epping Forest, UK.

Archetypal fruit body on a longitudinal beech wound in Epping Forest, UK.
Developing fruit bodies on willow in Epping Forest, UK.
Fruit body with weather damage on rowan in Basildn, UK.
Mature fruit bodies on box elder in Basildon, UK.
Developing fruit bodies on beech in the New Forest, UK.
Mature fruit bodies on sycamore in Laindon, UK.
On a longitudinal beech wound showing the gilled surface and stipe in Epping Forest, UK.
Gilled surface of fruit body on Styphnolobium japonicum in Southend, UK.
The stipe of fruit bodies on sycamore in Laindon, UK.
On a longitudinal beech wound in Epping Forest, UK.

Common name

Veiled oyster.

Often found on

Beech and oaks.

Sometimes found on

A wide range of broadleaved tree species.

Location

Found usually on the main stem and scaffold structure of the tree.

Description

Annual . A thoroughly creamy-white appearance developing a greyish colour with age. Individual fruiting bodies may become quite large though may also be found in groups of smaller individuals. Upper surface is rough and felty and sometimes cracks.

Confused with

Pleurotus ostreatus (smooth upper surface).

Significance

Considered saprotrophic. Attributed to a white rot of the wood substrate. Indicative of areas of dysfunction on living trees.