- Cap shell-shaped, matt, violet when young, becoming yellow-brown with age.
- Gills decurrent, violet when young, becoming yellowish with a violet tone with age.
- Stem short, lateral, finely hairy at the base.
- Flesh tough, whitish, with a mild smell.
Pleurotoid agarics
Lilac Oysterling
Panus conchatus
LC
Least concern
Inedible
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Characteristics
Ecology
Grows on birch wood, sometimes other deciduous wood.
Notes
Tough and inedible but not poisonous.
Similar species
May be confused with Pleurotus ostreatus, which is more blue-grey in colour and has pale gills.
