Pleurotus nidiformis
the Ghost fungus
April 2001


click to return These two images were scanned directly on the glass of a flat-bed scanner, which limited somewhat the depth-of-field and available illumination.

The colours of the gills in this shot are quite accurate.

click to return This shot of the top of the cups shows reasonably accurate colour except at their outer edges. (They are actually whitish-beige, not grey.)

These two specimens are 150 and 90mm in diameter.


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