Late Oyster

Sarcomyxa serotina

Also known as Mukitake, Sarcomyxa Serotina, Olive Oysterling.

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About this fungus

Late Oyster is listed in the Shroomify field guide as a brackets & crusts fungus in the Sarcomyxaceae family. Grows from the trunks or branches of fallen hardwood trees.

A note on identification
This profile is a guide rather than a guarantee. If you are considering eating a wild mushroom, check the whole specimen and its possible lookalikes carefully. Do not eat it if you are unsure of the identification.

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Species to compare

Names recorded in the Shroomify catalogue as potentially similar:

What the records suggest about Late Oyster

The project has analysed over a million matched fungal events from Europe and North America alongside weather and habitat data. The patterns may be useful wherever the same fungus occurs, but local climate, trees and soils can change the response.

Tree associations

Of the tree types tested, Late Oyster was most often recorded where beech was present.

Elevation

Records tended to come from higher ground, about 158 metres above the average elevation of fungal records in the study.

Weather or season?

The normal seasonal pattern is the more useful guide here. No short-term weather effect passed the project’s checks for a clear, repeatable link.