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Angel Wings

Pleurocybella porrigens

⚠ Severely Toxic

Seek emergency medical care immediately

Cap color: white
Cap size: small
Gill color: white
Gill attachment: decurrent
Stem: Very short or absent; attached laterally to dead conifer wood
Texture: smooth
Habitat: dead wood
Fruiting season: fall,winter
Peak season: Fall

Key Identification Features

Small thin white fan-shaped brackets growing on conifer wood (NOT hardwood)
pure white gills
very thin flexible flesh
lacks the meaty thickness of Oyster Mushroom
associated with fatalities in Japan in people with kidney disease

Symptoms & Toxicity

Neurotoxic in individuals with kidney disease. Causes fatal encephalopathy. Resembles oyster mushroom — do not confuse. Considered edible historically but implicated in deaths in Japan.

Regions Found

Region data not available

Look-Alikes

No documented look-alikes on record.

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