Resupinatus applicatus

Resupinatus applicatus, commonly known as the smoked oysterling or the black jelly oyster, is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae, and the type species of the genus Resupinatus. First described in 1786 as Agaricus applicatus by August Johann Georg Karl Batsch,[1] it was transferred to Resupinatus by Samuel Frederick Gray in 1821.[2]

Resupinatus applicatus
Resupinatus applicatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae
Genus:
Resupinatus
Species:
R. applicatus
Binomial name
Resupinatus applicatus

Description

The cuplike to convex fruit bodies of the fungus are 0.2 to 0.6 cm (0.1 to 0.2 in) in diameter, and grayish-blue to grayish-black in color. The dry cap surface is covered with small, fine hairs. The mushrooms have no stem, and have a firm but gelatinous flesh. The mushrooms produce a white spore print.[3]

Habitat and distribution

The fungus is saprobic, and grows on decaying wood.[4] It is widely distributed in North America,[3] Europe, and Australia.[5]

References
  1. Batsch AJGK. (1786). Elenchus fungorum. Continuatio prima. p. 171.
  2. Gray SF. (1821). A Natural Arrangement of British Plants. 1. p. 617.
  3. Miller HR, Miller OK. (2006). North American Mushrooms: a Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, Connecticut: Falcon Guide. p. 138. ISBN 0-7627-3109-5.
  4. Emberger G. (2008). "Resupinatus applicatus". Fungi Growing on Wood. Messiah College. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  5. Fuhrer B. (2005). A Field Guide to Australian Fungi. Bloomings Books. p. 165. ISBN 1-876473-51-7.
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