Gills of oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) on a fallen oak branch on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas

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Sam Houston Forest, Texas, December 27, 2019

Album 2618: Sam Houston Forest, Texas, December 27, 2019

The image presents a close-up view of oyster mushrooms, showcasing their distinctive gills and caps growing on a fallen oak branch.

* **Mushrooms:**
* The two mushrooms have large, flat, fan-shaped caps with smooth edges.
* The caps are pale cream to light brown in color.
* The stems are short and stout, covered in small white hairs.
* The gills are thick and fleshy, arranged in a decurrent pattern down the stem.
* The mushroom caps are attached to the base of the stem by a small ring.
* **Background:**
* The background is out of focus but appears to be a fallen oak branch with some twigs and leaves scattered around it.

The image provides a detailed look at the morphology of oyster mushrooms, highlighting their unique characteristics such as their large caps, decurrent gills, and short stout stems. – AI vision

🇪🇸 Descripción en español / Spanish Description

Las láminas de los hongos ostra (Pleurotus ostreatus) en un ramal caído de roble en el Sendero Caney Creek (Sendero Little Lake Creek Loop) en la Selva Nacional Sam Houston, al norte de Montgomery. Texas, 27 de diciembre de 2019. La imagen presenta una vista detallada de los hongos ostra, mostrando sus características láminas y sombreros creciendo en un ramal caído de roble. * **Hongos:** * Los dos hongos tienen sombreros planos, grandes y en forma de abanico con bordes suaves. * Los sombreros son de color crema pálido a marrón claro. * Los tallos son cortos y robustos, cubiertos de pequeños pelos blancos. * Las láminas son gruesas y carnosas, dispuestas en un patrón decurrente hacia abajo del tallo. * Los sombreros están unidos a la base del tallo por un pequeño anillo. * **Antecedentes:** * El fondo está desenfocado pero parece ser una rama de roble caída con algunas ramitas y hojas dispersas alrededor. La imagen proporciona un detallado examen de la morfología de los hongos ostra, destacando sus características únicas como su gran tamaño, láminas decurrentes, tallos cortos y robustos. – Spanish translation

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