Lentino-tigerLentinus tigrinus

Hat: flattened, becoming funnel-shaped, white, covered with dark grey scales, especially in the center.

Blades: decurved, with finely toothed edges; cream to yellow-ochre.

Stalk: white, sometimes with blackish scales

Flesh: thin but tough, white

Spores: 6-8 x 2.8-3.5 µm, more or less cylindrical

Taste: sweet

Odour: fruity, sometimes buttery

WHERE TO FIND IT AT AROUCA GEOPARK

 

Fruiting season August - December

Dimension Hat: 1-8 cm; Foot: 1-5 x 0.2-0.6 cm

Habitat On the trunks of willows and poplars; often in damp places and even in practically submerged wood

Lentinus tigrinus

Lentinus tigrinus

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