Hypsizygus tessulatus

• Spores: white to buff, 4-5 microns, globose to nearly round, inamyloid
• Growing in clusters out of what looks like a Cottonwood, in Taylorsville, CA
• Stalk solid, slightly off-center and up to 2" across, smooth to scurfy, with a soft center, equal or tapering at base, curved or bent; without a partial veil.
• Caps up to 7" in diameter
• Odor mild
• Taste mild, somewhat like a Pleurotus ostreatus

Herman Brown

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Some small ones, top view	Some small ones, front view
Medium-sized ones	The stump and tree where they were picked
The area where they were picked

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