Family: Pleurotaceae

Fungi:> Basidiomycota:> Agaricomycetes:> Agaricales:> Pleurotaceae:> Pleurotus, Hohenbuehelia.

Genus: Pleurotus

A Fleshy to tough fan-shaped fungi, sessile or with stripe, colours dull or absent. There are a number of species in New Zealand, which I have found very difficult to identify. Some of them are considered to be edible.
Pleurotus djamor	Pleurotus parsonsii	Pleurotus pulmonariuss	Pleurotus purpureo-olivaceus	I find the Pleurotus to be wonderfull fungi to photograph check these out.

Genus: Hohenbuehelia

These saprobic fungi are similar to Pleurotus in appearance but much smaller with crowded gills and white spores. They also have a gelatinous layer beneath the cap which makes them quite tough to brake. Distinguished microscopically by the presence of metuloids on the gills face often encrusted with crystals.
Hohenbuehelia petalodes	Hohenbuehelia luteohinnulea	Hohenbuehelia sp.

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