Bitter oyster
Panellus stipticus · 苦扇菇
Common小菇科❓ Inedible
Non-toxic, but woody or intensely bitter in texture — not eaten as food.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Small, shell-shaped, pale brown, with a short lateral stem
- Grows in overlapping clusters on dead wood
- North American specimens glow at night; Asian ones usually do not
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 小菇科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 1–3 cm (overall size)
- Encounter Rate
- Common
- Habitat
- Dead hardwood branches
Easily Confused With
Green pepeBy day just a small, grayish white, translucent mushroom, easy to overlookFun Fact
Curiously, only its North American populations glow — the same species in Europe barely lights up at all. One species, two very different nightlives.