Pleurocybella porrigens

Pleurocybella porrigens
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Phyllotopsidaceae
Genus: Pleurocybella
Species:
P. porrigens
Binomial name
Pleurocybella porrigens
(Pers.) Singer (1947)
Pleurocybella porrigens
Gills on hymenium
Cap is infundibuliform
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is not recommended or deadly

Pleurocybella porrigens, also known as the angel wing, is a species of fungus in the family Phyllotopsidaceae. It medium-sized fruit bodies are whitish and fan-shaped. It is a wood-decay fungus on conifer wood and is widespread in temperate forests of the Northern Hemisphere. It is suspected of being potentially deadly poisonous.